Former Assistant Director of Legal Services, Ghana Armed Forces, Dr.
Jamal Tonzua, has said the political leaders are misleading and encouraging the military to use brute and lethal force in internal security operations, in a manner that is inconsistent with fundamental human rights and established military procedures including the rules of engagement and the use of force.
Instead of yielding to undue political manipulation, he said, the military needs to address urgent issues such as the high attrition rate of officers and soldiers, especially pilots and medical doctors.
Dr Tonzua said that while the illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) crisis is purely a governance crisis, including a lack of political commitment and institutional weaknesses, political leaders have cajoled the military and set it up to fail on a matter that requires sound evidence-based transformative policy interventions.