He said ‘’it is very
depressing to see how elderly women are mistreated and imprisoned in the witch
camps. The move, he said, would ‘’stop the ongoing criminality’’.
‘’It is also
embarrassing to see how important people in our society, including
intellectuals, slip into this quagmire of abhorrent beliefs and lies told by
witch doctors to put voiceless women into deplorable witch camps, ‘’he added’’.
In a press release,
Mr Alhassan said in the brutal murder of madam Akua Danteh in July 2020, led
him to petition Parliament in December 2020 to initiate action to prosecute
witch doctors and close down witch camps in the country.
The release said, in
response to his letter, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, assured him
that a private member’s bill was currently being sponsored by the majority and
minority leaders, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu and Alahaji Haruna Iddrisu,
respectively.
It mentioned MPs on
both sides of the House who are supporting the bill to include Kojo
Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament for Antwima Kwawoma Constituency, Chairperson
for Gender and Children Committee, Hajia Laadi Ayii Ayamba, who is also Member
of Parliament for Pusiga Constituency, and Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, Member of
Parliament for Madina.
The statement
appealed to the Parliamentarians to fast-track the bill into law to free
innocent women from what he called ‘’captivity’’ and prosecute witch doctors to
prevent future lynching of innocent, elderly and vulnerable women.