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Speaker Directs Defence C’ttee to Probe Wa Brutalities Within 4 weeks

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament who sat in for the Speaker on Friday July 2, Joseph Osei Wusu has directed the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament to investigate the circumstances that caused the Military brutalities in Wa.

The Committee has one month to investigate, collect and collate the facts and report to the House for further action.

“As proposed by the Minority Leader  and seconded by the Majority leader  I direct the Committee on Defence and Interior  to proceed to Wa  to investigate , collect and collate the facts  and report to the House  within four weeks,” the Speaker said.

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The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu had appealed to the Speaker to send a delegation of members of the Defense and Interior Committee, to Wa to intervene in the Military brutalities in that part of the country.

Speaking on the floor of the House on Friday July 2, he said “I am urging you to request your committee on Defense and Interior  to act expeditiously  if it means visiting Wa to see for themselves.

“The development and the circumstances  leading to the impunity  must stop.

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