Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has taken a strong swipe at the current government, accusing it of becoming increasingly intolerant of political dissent.
His remarks come in the wake of the controversial arrests of New Patriotic Party (NPP) activists, including Adenta youth organizer Alfred Kumi Ababio and the party's Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
Addressing journalists outside the premises of the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), where party supporters had gathered to protest the continued detention of Kumi Ababio, Afenyo-Markin described the recent incidents as deliberate attempts to intimidate opposition voices under the guise of national security operations.
He lamented what he sees as a double standard in the political landscape, pointing out that members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were able to criticize the Akufo-Addo administration freely without fear of state retaliation-something he believes is not being reciprocated now that the NDC is in power. "The NDC criticised the previous government without intimidation, but now that they are in power, they appear unable to tolerate the same level of scrutiny," he said.
