Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the Democracy Hub and a leading figure in the #FixTheCountry movement, has sharply criticized the Minority in Parliament following their participation in the “Save Our Judiciary” demonstration organized by an inter-party coalition.
In a recent Facebook post, Barker-Vormawor alleged that the Minority Leader was captured on video assaulting a police officer during the protest. He contrasted this with the treatment he and other activists received during the #FixTheCountry demonstrations under the NPP administration.
According to Barker-Vormawor, his group was not allowed to submit their petition to the Jubilee House and were instead arrested. He noted that, unlike them, the Minority was permitted to present their petition to the seat of government without any obstruction.
He further highlighted the inconsistency in legal responses, pointing out that while the Minority Leader appears to face no consequences for allegedly assaulting a police officer, he himself was charged for merely removing a car key from a police vehicle during a protest.
“This system criminalizes civic activists and protects political elites,” he suggested in his post, calling out what he sees as judicial hypocrisy and selective justice.
Below are some excerpts from his recent posts on Facebook:
You mean it was better to slap a police officer unprovoked.Than to demobilise their vehicle to stop it from towing your food and water? Hmm. You learn something new everyday.
“Oliver Barker-Vormawor should be shot for demobilizing Police vehicle”Protect Afenyo-Markin at all cost. Shalom
Nkrumah faced six assassination attempts. They call him a dictator.Akufo-Addo faced just one #FixTheCountry demonstration and charged me with Treason.
I love that the NPP is protesting today.The very right they denied many Ghanaians for years! Disgraceful bunch.
But for the social media era. History would have recorded that the Minority Leader was nearly killed at a protest.This is how they finished Nkrumah.
Why We Don’t Hand Over Petitions: A Lesson in Protest Psychology1. What happened yesterday with the Minority’s demonstration is exactly why Democracy Hub (#FixTheCountry) does not hand over written petitions.
2. We have learned—intentionally and through experience—that the symbolic gesture of delivering a petition often does more for the optics of the one in Power than for the substance of the protest.
3. That’s why we issue public statements instead. We publish them. We make them accessible to the public. And if anyone demands more, we say: read our placards—they contain all the grievances you pretend not to hear.
4. Yesterday, Stan Xoese Dogbe completely upstaged the Minority’s demonstration. By the time he was done, the faces of the Minority MPs said it all—they looked embarrassed, unprepared, and outplayed. It was a masterclass in how easily a protest can be hijacked when you cede the stage to those you’re meant to be holding accountable.
5. At Democracy Hub, we have deliberately studied protest psychology, media framing, and the choreography of public dissent. We understand that protests are not just about venting anger—they are about controlling the narrative. And in that space, power is visual, symbolic, and performative. Every moment is an image; every image, a message.
6. When you design a protest and hand over the microphone to the very people you are protesting against—or those aligned with them—you risk turning a moment of resistance into a platform for spin. You risk letting your adversaries reframe your cause, dilute your demands, or worse, walk away looking like the protagonists.
7. This is why our strategy is different. We do not hand over our message for private interpretation or bureaucratic burial. We take it to the streets, the people, and the platforms we control. Because for us, protest is not a polite request. It is a disruption. It is theatre. It is resistance.
8. And we will not let it be co-opted.Shalom
words of Oliver Barker-Vormawor on his Facebook wall.
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