{"id":2303,"date":"2024-07-19T03:38:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T03:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2024-07-19T03:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T03:38:30","slug":"2024-election-well-deal-ruthlessly-with-troublemakers-says-interior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2303","title":{"rendered":"2024 Election: We\u2019ll deal ruthlessly with troublemakers, says Interior Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Minister of Interior,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/henry-quartey-charges-igp-to-ensure-law-on-false-publication-on-social-media-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Henry Quartey<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has warned that the police will deal ruthlessly with any person who\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/ill-accept-verdict-of-election-2020-says-akufo-addo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">incites<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/un-refugee-agency-number-of-people-fleeing-violence-hits-new-peak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">violence<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0before, during and after the December elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Quartey\u2019s comment is\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in reference to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0reports of threats by some\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/four-arrested-by-eoco-over-sophisticated-mobile-money-and-sim-swap-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">unscrupulous<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0persons through various channels including social media in recent times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking at the commissioning of the Police Shop in Accra on Wednesday (17 July), Quartey said any person found culpable will be made to face the full rigorous of the law under the False Publication Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2026 the president has tasked me with a simple task to ensure that, this year\u2019s election, the police and security agencies discharge their duties professionally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">oftentimes<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, we read in the papers, we watch videos, and we see people making threatening statements on social media, very soon, and I repeat, very soon under the False Publication Act, anybody who makes a threatening statement to incite violence before, during and after the elections, we will make sure the law deals with the person,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo violence before, during and after the elections, if there is anybody who is thinking so, please rehearse your strategy. Let us allow the people of this country to come and exercise their franchise and Ghana will move forward,\u201d Quartey said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\"><strong>www.asaaseradio.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Interior,\u00a0Henry Quartey\u00a0has warned that the police will deal ruthlessly with any person who\u00a0incites\u00a0violence\u00a0before, during and after the December elections. Quartey\u2019s comment is\u00a0in reference to\u00a0reports of threats by some\u00a0unscrupulous\u00a0persons through various channels including social media in recent times. 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