MADRID, 6 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Hundreds of Ghanaians have taken to the streets of the country’s capital, Accra, this weekend to demand the resignation of the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, due to the inflationary explosion registered in the country in recent months.
The “Kume Preko” protest (“You better kill me for this”, in the Akan language) takes its name precisely from a huge march led by Akufo-Addo himself in 1995 against then-president Jerry John Rawlings due to the high cost of life.
Now, critics of the current president have rescued that name to demand his departure from power, as well as the resignation of the vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, and the finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, mainly due to the 37 percent rise experienced by the inflation in recent months.
One of the main organizers of the protest, the lawyer Martin Kpebu, has given the three until November 9, Wednesday, to present their resignation, because the Ghanaians “can no longer withstand the pressure and are suffocating” .
Kpebu, in his speech picked up by the News Ghana news portal, has asked the president of the Ghanaian Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford, to take power and immediately present an initiative to reduce taxes and fuel prices.
Although last week the president admitted that the country was going through a “profound crisis”, this Sunday since its formation, the New Patriotic Party, all requests for resignation have been rejected. The group’s spokesman, Richard Ahiagbah, has called Kpebu’s demands an exaggeration.
“My brother Kpebu has gone off on an emotional tangent and instead of looking for solutions he is only stirring up the population. I would almost say it has personal overtones,” he said in comments collected by Ghana Web.
