The Interior Minister-nominee, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has pledged his dedication to protecting sensitive information concerning national security.
Appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Friday, the Asawase Member of Parliament (MP) vowed to take secrets to his grave.
The outspoken politician’s assurance came after Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin questioned his ability to maintain discretion under pressure.
“Your colleagues I interacted with upon your nomination expressed joy because they say you are very hardworking. But they were quick to say that when your back is against the wall, you can spill.
“Let me ask you, are you ready to enter your casket with some dirt on you, even when you are innocent, to save the nation?” the Effutu MP queried.
In response, Muntaka cited personal experiences from parliamentary duties, recounting circumstances surrounding the election of Alban Bagbin as Speaker in the eighth parliament.
“I will say that you are asking the Pope. I’ll just give one example to reiterate this. I believe that you knew how we elected Mr. Speaker into office. Everybody in this country had done everything humanly possible, I believe even including the security agencies, to know which of your guys supported us, and they don’t know,” he stated.
But Mr. Afenyo-Markin rebutted, “We know.”
This triggered exchanges between the duo as Muntaka replied: “You don’t know, you can only guess. You cannot say you know.”
In his quest to seek an answer, Mr. Afenyo-Markin demanded: “But do you know?”
Muntaka vowed, “I worked with people, and I vowed and told them that not even my wife will know this. I will die with it, and I meant it, and I will die with it. I’m telling you that I’m going to this ministry that is a security zone, an area where you talk less and act more.
“I’m sure you and I, in the last few years that we’ve been in this house, can attest to the fact that there have been so many things between us that no third person has ever known, and I can assure you that no third person will ever know because you can trust me that when I say I am doing this with my honour, I mean I’m doing it on my honour.”
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