I’ve not received any death threat for leading picketing – Leader of pension bondholders

I have not received death threats for leading picketing – Leader of pension bondholders

The leader of pensioners picketing at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Adu Anane Antwi has denied reports that he received death threats for leading pensioners in protest against the entry into the Dometoc Debt Exchange Program (DDEP).

Speaking on TV3’s Ghana Tonight show on Friday February 17, Dr Adu Anane who is also the former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said he is aware of claims on social media that he received death threats.

He said: “Someone tweeted that I had received a threatening message. No one threatened me, I don’t know where it came from.”

He further announced that the demonstration was over because he had got what he wanted from the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta.

Dr. Adu Anane Antwi said “we went to the Ministry of Finance today to thank them [Ofori-Atta] to present a request, not for discussion. The pickets are over because they got what they wanted.

Mr. Ofori-Atta assured the pensioners that no one would be penalized for any reason in connection with the DDEP.

They said that matured coupons will be honored after Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

A statement issued after the retiree called him on Friday February 17 said “the settlement will be done after Tuesday, then we can start processing everyone. [bonds]”.

The statement added, “But let no one have the inkling that anyone will be punished for any reason. All coupons will be treated in the same manner as the contract was signed.

“We are in a difficult situation, so we are carrying out a debt exchange program and we hope that the percentage of bonds signed in the program will reduce the interest on the debt and give us fiscal space to honor any commitment we have. with our bond.”

Earlier, Dr Adu Anane Antwi said he was fighting for Publishers Exemption and not freedom.

He states that the two are completely different.

“If you don’t understand the issue between self-exempt and issuer-exempt, you won’t understand what we are doing,” he said on TV3’s Ghana Tonight show on Wednesday, February 15.

He added, “No one is against us, we are fighting for the Issuer to be released and we have not got it.

“This is a technical thing, even the people in the securities do not understand if they do not do the analysis. We want to be in the exempt status of the issuer of securities.

By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana

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