Member f Parliament for Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Frimpong has stated that, the statement made by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon. Joseph Owusu on the floor of Parliament yesterday March 13 on shooting at illegal miners will not favour Ghanaians.

The MP while speaking on Accra based radio station Citi FM has stated that, has indicated that, a different method of fighting illegal miners should be adopted rather than shooting.

The MP's constituency is one of the most affected areas of the activities of illegal mining locally know as galamsey.

The MP stated that, “I do not believe in some of these drastic measures because innocent people get killed because of such policies. I remember when my Deputy Speaker made this comment, I sought for clarification and he said he did not mean Ghanaians but foreigners. Those who come here to destroy our heritage. He had a point but I felt he went beyond a certain limit because as a law maker we go by due process.”

“If someone offends the law, you have to arrest that person. I am a development consultant and I believe there is no single solution to any problem.”

The Deputy Speaker while responding to the question thrown to him by Ras Mubarak, the MP for Kumbungu in the Northern region over the burning of tipper trucks and an excavator by the Operation Vanguard who were deployed to check the activities of illegal mining in the district had suggested that the only way to deter them from engaging in the act.

Ghanaguardian.com