Executive
Director of the West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), Dr.
Emmanuel Bombande, says the recent leaked tape in circulation on the air
waves concerning Sammy Awuku should not stray the focus of the nation
from the Supreme Court ruling.
According to him, the tape, though
a potential threat to the stability of the country, must be
well-managed by the security forces in a manner that does not affect the
verdict of the nine-member panel sitting on the election case.
It
could be recalled that the NPP Deputy Communications Director was
allegedly caught on a secret tape lambasting some leading members of his
party and also assuring the party members that the Judges, with
exception of Justice William Atuguba, have thrown their weight behind
the petitioners.
The tape recording was done during his alleged meeting with members of the New Patriotic Party branch in the United Kingdom.
Sammy
Awuku has however denied the allegations leveled against him, claiming
that the tape has been doctored to dent his image and therefore warned
the media not to make any reportage in connection with it or else face
him in court.
Nonetheless, some political commentators have picked on him backing calls for investigations to be held into the alleged tape.
Speaking
in an interview with Radio Gold, Mr. Bombande, described the content of
the tape as ‘conspiracy’ but cautioned security agencies and the entire
nation not to lose sight of the court decision yet to be made on
Thursday, August 29, 2013.
To him, looking at the severity of the
content of tape, it is incumbent on the security agencies to invest
time to investigate it and further ensure that it does not obscure the
verdict in any way.
“The potential threat to peace is very high…I
think that we are in the week where this tape should not take people
away from focusing on what is important this week, which is Thursday.
And to that extent, the agencies that now need to look at the veracity
of this and treat it in terms of what it means to continue to sustain
our peace and stability, they do that…
“It is not something that
you could easily say must be dealt with in the next 48 hours or 72
hours. It is something that requires the time for it to be dealt with
thoroughly for it to unfold so that at the end of the day, it goes
beyond how this tape impacts on the current verdict that is ahead of us
and looks at the generality of why we continue to have this type of
attitude and behavior,” he said.
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