The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused the Majority caucus of disregarding Speaker Alban Bagbin’s orders on the reconstitution of the Appointments Committee.
The Effutu MP made the accusations during a press conference on Monday.
“In fact, on that day, one of his consequential orders was that the Selection Committee must meet immediately to reconstitute the Appointments Committee. However, the NDC Majority Caucus chose to proceed with the vetting process without any due regard for this directive,” he said.
However, expressing his view on the directive, Mr. Afenyo-Markin emphasized the importance of engagement.
“On our part, we believe that though we disagree with Mr. Speaker, out of deference to him, we must still engage him, and we will engage him. We started this engagement over the weekend but we were not able to meet the Speaker. We will continue to his office today,” he added.
The directive followed the chaotic scene during the vetting session on Thursday, January 30, which led to the two-week suspension of four MPs from parliamentary proceedings.
The suspended MPs include Majority and Minority Chief Whips, Frank Annoh-Dompreh and Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, and Jerry Ahmed Shaib.
Speaker Bagbin has also set up a bipartisan committee to probe the incident and propose recommendations for appropriate action.
The seven-member committee, chaired by Emmanuel Bedzrah, is tasked with submitting a report within 10 days.
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