The censure motion against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was rejected by the majority caucus, disappointing the minority in parliament.
The Minority filed a resolution to reprimand the Finance Minister over claims of conflict of interest, financial irresponsibility that contributed to the demise of the Ghana Cedi, and egregious economic mismanagement, among other things.
Due to the current economic difficulties, some New Patriotic Party members of parliament also urged the President to fire the Finance Minister. On November 24, they had threatened to skip the unveiling of the 2023 budget.
However, national executives and the NPP Council of Elders intervened on Tuesday to break the deadlock between the NPP Majority Caucus members and the President about the demands for the dismissal of the Finance Minister.
The Majority MPs were advised to hold off on making new demands until the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout negotiations are finished in a statement jointly signed by the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, and the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Koduah.
The majority caucus has failed the public, according to Haruna Iddrisu, the minority leader in parliament, who was speaking to the media on Wednesday.
“President Akufo-Addo will go down in history as the President who mostly disrespected public appeal because as far as we are concerned public opinion is not supportive and favourable to the continuous stay in office of this failing, beleaguered lame-duck Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta.”
“We feel let down, and we feel betrayed by the Majority caucus, who have shown no wits in supporting us with our impeachment process…We are not abandoning our censorship motion, and we are in it for the long haul,” the Minority Leader told Journalists on Wednesday.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
