#FixTheCountry Demo: You cannot suppress our right with COVID-19 - Sammy Gyamfi
Sammy Gyamfi questioned the constitutionality of the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020, used in stopping the #FixTheCountry demonstration
Jonas Danquah 
The National Democratic Congress Communications Director, Sammy Gyamfi, has reacted to the Ghana Police's decision to reject the request by some agitated Ghanaians to stage a #FixTheCountry demonstration.
Sammy Gyamfi said the police cannot use the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic to stop the people from airing their grievances.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command stopped the campaigners of the #FixTheCountry protest slated for May 9, 2021.
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The Public Relations Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Effia Tenge, said the Public Order Act, which imposes a ban on public gatherings, especially due to the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic, restrains the Command from sanctioning the #FixTheCountry protest.
But the NDC communicator said questioned the Police's decison adding that: "it's about time we had a national conversation about the constitutionality of the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012)."
In a Twitter post, he said "COVID-19 should not be used as a pretext to suppress our inalienable right to peaceful assembly."
