Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has bemoaned how criminal elements in society have often played politicians against each other.
He explained that often, people with criminal tendencies are mostly quick in aligning themselves with political parties and their members who come to their defence and make them go scot-free without paying for the crimes they commit.
The North Tongu MP’s comment follows the political football being played with the Menzgold issue between the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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The NDC has blamed the NPP for allowing the president to associate himself with the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Nana Appiah Mensah.
The NPP in a rebuttal also accused the opposition party of giving NAM 1 the oxygen to start his operations in the first place.
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But speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday, Mr Ablakwa described as unfortunate how politicians allow themselves to be used by criminals.
He said instead of playing the blame game with the Menzgold issue, the government should focus on putting in place structures that will help it to retrieve the monies from NAM 1.
Okudzeto Ablakwa who is also a ranking Member of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee called for a bi-partisan inquiry into the issues of Menzgold.
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He said with such an inquiry, the mystery surrounding the operations of the company and its wanted CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah, will be unravelled.