Nkwanta North Member of Parliament (MP), John Oti Kwabena Bless, has accused Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin of instigating the chaos that erupted during the Appointments Committee vetting on Thursday, January 30.
According to him, the Effutu MP failed to call his members to order despite several pleas when tensions escalated.
“What I saw was that Dr Afriyie, the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, and most of the Minority members all initially wanted Akandoh to be vetted. Before the incident started, Dr Afriyie even walked to the Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin to plead with him, but he snubbed him.
“Annoh-Dompreh also wanted Akandoh to be vetted, but the Minority Leader rejected the request and said whatever would happen should happen. I was watching them,” he stated.
Testifying before the investigative committee on Friday, Bless insisted that Afenyo-Markin’s posture was deliberate.
“All the things that happened that day were caused by the Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin. A leader who stands by and watches his members vandalise and destroy public property without uttering a word or stopping them is as guilty as those involved,” he argued.
He stressed that parliamentarians take instructions from their leadership, and Afenyo-Markin’s refusal to act directly contributed to the chaos.
“What I saw was that the Minority Leader instigated his people to misbehave,” he added.
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