The Emile Short Commission of Inquiry into Awayaso West Wuogon by-election violence will this morning (Monday) March 4, 2019, resume its public sitting.
This will be the third week since the commission started its probe into the violence that erupted the La Bawashie constituency.
More witnesses are expected to testify before the commission today.
However, The Short Commission has justified its decision not to take evidence from the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, stating she is not a relevant witness in the investigations into the violent incident recorded in the by-election she won.
Though the three-member Commission at the start of its work planned to invite the new MP and all other candidates in the January 31 by-election, but has reconsidered the decision and resolved not to invite her anymore.
“Even though initially we had decided to speak to all the candidates, the Commission subsequent reassessment concluded that we should speak to people who have primary evidence and who therefore were relevant,” Secretary to the Commission Dr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi told journalist when he joined the Commission on a fact-finding mission to the crime scene last Friday, to analyse evidence that were left by the incident which received wide condemnation.
The Commissioners, some individuals including security officials and media practitioners last Friday toured parts of the area to inspect and fully examine the crime scene relative to the testimonies it received from various witnesses in the past week.
The tour was done with some officials of the Criminal Investigation Department, (CID), including ballistic experts who analyzed the visible bullet marks on some structures in the area.
About 10 gunshot marks were seen in the area.
