{"id":7119,"date":"2019-12-13T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:36:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:36:55","slug":"akufo-addo-deplores-foreign-diplomats-interfering-in-internal-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/akufo-addo-deplores-foreign-diplomats-interfering-in-internal-politics","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo deplores foreign diplomats interfering in internal politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed strong disapproval for foreign diplomats who interfere in the country\u2019s domestic politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House Friday, he described the\u00a0behaviour as \u201cimproper\u201d insisting that most of them are also fuelled by \u201cmisinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands\u2019 Ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, came under heavy criticism following a suggestion that government should extend the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda to cover “A Ghana Beyond Corruption”.<\/p>\n

Ron Strikker in a statement subsequently blamed the media for misreporting him.<\/p>\n

The UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Ian Walker, is also reported to have urged government to deal with political party vigilantism during elections because it risks damaging Ghana\u2019s global reputation as a stable democracy.<\/p>\n

Ian Walker<\/p>\n

Disturbed by these developments, veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratte Junior, who was among the media practitioners the president interacted with at the Seat of Government, asked what the government was doing about them.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo in his response agrees that\u00a0\u201cThis is a matter that has been going on for far too long and all of us have been complicit in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor myself, I think it is improper [and] it is not because necessarily the remarks are being directed at me. Some of them as far as I am concerned is also on the basis of misinformation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He wondered if Ghanaian diplomats posted to \u201cThe Netherlands or Ambassador in the Netherlands or in Denmark or England or France,\u201d would be allowed to by their Foreign Offices \u201cto take a position on internal domestic issues\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know from the world that we have that there is one law for some people and another law for others,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n

He expressed the belief that the matter is \u201ca genuine issue that has been raised and I believe we should all contribute to the debate on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed strong disapproval for foreign diplomats who interfere in the country\u2019s domestic politics. Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House Friday, he described the\u00a0behaviour as \u201cimproper\u201d insisting that most of them are also fuelled by \u201cmisinformation\u201d. 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