The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has been called by the Minority in Parliament to apologise to the group for his remarks regarding their choice to reject ministerial nominees.
Speaking to journalists, the Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, stated that if Mr. Afenyo-Markin does not apologise and continues on a tangent of insulting members of the minority group, the Minority caucus would stop cooperating with him.
“We believe that we are in a serious time of crisis and this House is a serious House. It is not a house of insults, and we are not going to descend into that gutters with him. If he is going to be serious in engagements, then he should, if he goes on this path then we will not deal with him as a leader.
“We will urge him that he should apologise, so we can move on because clearly, our focus is basically to fight for the people of Ghana.”
Following the deputy majority leader’s criticism of the Minority’s stance of not approving any of the cabinet ministerial nominations as political immaturity, Mr. Armah-Kofi Buah made his statement.
“We in the Minority wish to make it clear that we remain committed to ensuring greater scrutiny and will spare no effort to protect the public purse. In line with this, we are taking part in the vetting process so that, at the very minimum, we can scrutinize the President’s decision in bringing up those nominees. However, the Minority will not subscribe to a consensus vote at the level of the Appointments Committee”.
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