{"id":71967,"date":"2025-07-11T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=71967"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:02:17","slug":"dr-hanna-bissiw-justifies-attack-on-hawa-koomson-says-violence-begets-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=71967","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Hanna Bissiw justifies attack on Hawa Koomson, says \u201cviolence begets violence\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 45 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Dr. Hanna Louisa Bissiw, CEO of the Minerals Development Fund and National Women\u2019s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has defended the assault on former Fisheries Minister Hawa Koomson during the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun, asserting that \u201cviolence begets violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her comments follow chaotic scenes at the St. Peter\u2019s Society Methodist Church polling station, where Hawa Koomson and the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Nana Akua Afriyie, were physically attacked by unidentified individuals. The incident occurred amid rerun elections across 19 polling stations in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Channel One TV\u2019s Fauzu Masawudu, Dr. Bissiw suggested that the assault on Koomson was a consequence of her own history of electoral violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhat didn\u2019t Hawa Koomson do? What I\u2019m trying to say is that violence begets violence. If you live by the sword, you\u2019ll die by the sword,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Bissiw also recounted a personal experience in which she claimed to have been assaulted by thugs allegedly led by Koomson during a past electoral incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI was beaten because she led thugs to come and beat me up. Has she forgotten?\u201d she said, referring to what she described as an earlier event at a polling station in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While distancing the NDC from any involvement in the recent attack, Dr. Bissiw speculated that the assault might have been the result of internal tensions within the NPP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNobody sent anyone to go and beat her. As far as I am concerned, it may even be an internal something that they visited on her,\u201d she suggested.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite defending the incident as possibly retaliatory, Dr. Bissiw stressed that the NDC is committed to a peaceful electoral process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis is very peaceful. We are taking the day, and we do not have any need to destroy the elections because we are winning,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The rerun in Ablekuma North was conducted by the Electoral Commission to resolve issues stemming from the December 2024 general elections and to ensure the constituency regains parliamentary representation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Videos you may have missed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdb9UVc4Z3w?si=RXQ1GrisFBppqIgx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DdSzcQX2Ozk?si=cZPCaFSD_jguwdIY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; 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