A
Member of Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Interior says he will urge his
colleagues to invite and question Foreign Affairs and Interior Ministers over
the Guantanamo detainee’s brouhaha.
Major
Derrick Oduro told Citi News
Parliament is at a loss as to why the government took the decision and will
demand answers from the sector ministers.
According to him, Ghanaians do not
seem ready for the possible implications of hosting suspected terror suspects.
He
insisted that “Government should have prepared the minds of Ghanaians before
bringing in the detainees. Now every Ghanaian is going through some mental
torture including panic and fear.”
He
said Ghanaians need to know about the security implications of the issue in
order “to conscientise our minds before they are brought in.”
“..The
minister must appear before Parliament and brief us so that the people will put
out their fears.
We will call the Minister before parliament to explain to us
the security implications. So we shall put a request to the Speaker of
Parliament and he will allow the business committee to prepare and invite both
ministers to come and brief Parliament. The minister of Foreign Affairs and
Regional Integration will also appear,” Major Derrick Oduro added.
Two
Guantanamo bay detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad
Salih Al-Dhuby who had been in detention for 14 years, after being linked with
terrorist group Al-Qaeda, are currently in Ghana.
The
decision to transfer the two Yemen citizens to Ghana in a bid to
reintegrate them into society, has created fear and panic among Ghanaians.
But
the US government insists they pose minimal risk to national security in their
country and can be transferred.
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Credit:
Citifmonline
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