The Presidency said the Senate have presented themselves as enemy to democracy

The Presidency has reacted to the senate’s resolution after the executive meeting that held yesterday. Professor Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has reacted to the Senate’s resolution that considers the Inspector General of Police an enemy to democracy after he failed to honour the invitation to the Senate House.

Speaking in an interview, Sagay said the Senate have presented themselves as enemy to democracy and not the Police Chief as they rejected the representative of the IGP to the National Assembly. He went further to say that by abandoning their legislative duties to visit their colleague who is facing trial implies that the national assembly has proven they are the real enemy of democracy. Professor Sagay said, “Absolutely not! I don’t think the IGP has constituted himself as enemy of our democracy. It is the conduct of the senate that constitutes danger to democracy because of the way they frequently abandon their constitutional responsibilities and move en masse to engage in solidarity visits to their individual members who are undergoing trial in hospitals or other places. That is an indication of abandonment of democracy. They have regularly abused their rights under this democracy and have demonstrated that they are not sufficiently mature to operate in liberal democracy. That is what I have seen.”Photo Credit: Getty