Tyranny in every form is bad – Dr. Zaato slams the Majority

Political Science Lecturer Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato has criticised the Majority in Parliament for what he says was a rushed reaction to the arrest of Lawyer Martin Kpebu by the Office of the Special Prosecutor last week.

Kpebu, who is widely seen as sympathetic to the ruling National Democratic Congress, was detained by the OSP and later released after the office demanded a landed property as part of his bail condition.

His arrest quickly became a major topic in Parliament, where the NDC Majority condemned the OSP and called for the office to be dissolved.

Speaking on TV3’s Big Issues on Saturday, Dr. Zaato described Parliament’s response as hypocrisy, saying they remained silent when the OSP and other security agencies such as EOCO violated the rights of other citizens.

“When Paul (Adom Otchere) was arrested by the OSP, nobody in Parliament got up and said that the OSP’s office was being abusive. When Paul was taken away and denied his basic rights, nobody said anything.”

“Are we saying that some people deserve it and others don’t? Where is our sense of fairness? Where is our sense of fairness as a society to say that wrong is wrong and that we shouldn’t do it?”, Dr. Zaato said.

He added, “If your idea is that Kpebu is better than Paul and that when it happens to Paul, it’s okay, it’s justified but when it happens to Kpebu, it is not justified; what kind of society are we building?”

Dr. Zaato called for fairness and urged Parliament and the public to oppose any form of tyranny against citizens regardless of who is affected.

“There are two things and I’m asking that if we are getting into these debates, let us try to be a little fair.”

“Tyranny in every form is bad. That’s why I said that a threat to human rights anywhere in any form is a threat to human rights everywhere.”…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>