He said protests and demonstrations are issues which a nation cannot do away with, but proper means of handling the situation is what is important to prevent any deaths. He also noted that many protests happen across the globe but such fatalities are not recorded hence the need for the police to develop newer ways of handling protests. “What the security agencies should begin to understand is how to deal with that kind of expression of dissatisfaction. It probably even requires different personnel to deal with those kinds of expressions than we are used to, there are countries with lots of protests happening every day but they don’t record these kinds of fatalities,” he said. Responding to whether the country is handling the aftermath of the protest properly, Dr. Asante said stakeholders need to be constructive and come out with the best recommendations.

Source: GhanaWeb July 13, 2021 15:00 UTC