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Sam George to appear before Emile Short Commission despite NDC's boycott

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has disclosed that he will appear before the commission of enquiry on the <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/dsp-azugus-mosquito-comment-was-a-joke-national-security-head-of-operations/0hd2286" id="625c02f0-14e1-4d09-82bc-1bffa6302981">Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.</a>
Sam George
Sam George

He said despite the boycott by is party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he will appear before the commission on Monday, February 25.

The NDC claimed that the Chairman, Justice Emile Short, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), member Henrietta Mensa Bonsu, a renowned professor of law, and the other member, Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, a former Inspector General of Police, are masked over faces of the NPP.

MP for Ningo-Prampram Sam George

MP for Ningo-Prampram Sam George

A statement signed by the opposition pary’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, stressed: “We remain skeptical about the seriousness with which justice will be pursued under the remit of an Emile Short Commission”.

 Sam George was assaulted by some National Security operatives during the by-election, an action that has been widely condemned.

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