Parliament to summon ministers for explanation on Guantanamo detainees (audio)
A Member of Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Interior, Major Derek Oduro (retired) has called for the House to summon the Ministers of Interior, Defence and Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to brief it on the arrival of two detainees from Guantanano Bay In Ghana.
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According to Major Oduro Parliament needs to be provided with answers from government over what he described as a sensitive issue.
He said Ghanaians were not ready for the possible implications of hosting terror suspects and therefore Parliament must intervene.
“Government should have prepared the minds of Ghanaians, now every Ghanaian is going through some mental torture, panic, fear.”
“These people what would be the security implications, should Al Qaeda, the group that they belong to attack an interest outside Ghana and within the country Ghana, what are we going to do when that thing happens,” he asked.
He argued that government should have conscientised the minds of people before bringing them in.
“So people want to know, what will be the security implications. the Minister must appear before Parliament and brief us,” he said.
Listen to Major Oduro here {mp3}derek_oduro_on_gitmo_detainees{/mp3}
