A member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, may be hauled before Ghana’s parliament for contempt for alleged derogatory remarks he made against the legislature.
Kumbugu MP Ras Mubarak, who brought the said contemptuous comments to the attention of the House on Thursday July 13, said the comments by Mr Casely-Hayford “are downright offensive, outrightly benighted, and can only be coming from a man who seems discombobulated from the world he inhabits”.
Mr Mubarak told parliament that Mr Hayford said the following about current and past MPs:
(1) “These people are sitting there, spending money like crazy, making stupid decisions and passing stupid laws...”
(2) “All they think of is ‘let's pass this thing quickly, let's go to Senchi Royal, let's go and sit there and chill and come back…’"
(3) “They don't read the papers that they are given, they don't think through what the challenges are...”
(4) “The first thing I will do if I had the opportunity is to break down parliament…”
The MP said “as much as we must encourage free speech we mustn't allow people to make sweeping comments, impugn reputations, and affront the dignity of parliament”.
For him, “what Sydney has done is to indict all of us here in the current parliament and those before us”.
“He is indicting the current Speaker, current President, former President, and the many others whose time in parliament was spent pushing for progressive legislation. He's inciting hatred and vandalism when he talks about breaking down parliament,” he added.
Source: classfmonline.com
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The gentleman is right. You don't deserve the title at all. You are all fake people who defend the indefensible and praises evil so long as its in line with your parties. You love your parties more than Ghana and your pockets more than your parties. Leave him alone. Greedy MPs. If you are doing the right thing live Ghanaians to judge and not force us to respect you.
was he wrong in his comment if you call yourselves honorabl and indeed you believe in the title, u will always respect yourselves and act according to the title and safe your reputations. it is not only him who is disappointed in the House, more than 50% of Ghanaians are. if our so called honorables who are well catered for at the expense of the poor man on the street will still take bribes before doing their legal duties, what else do you expect. Respect and dignity is earned not demanded. purge your image now- Parliament,
YES SO YOU RAS MUBARAK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN PARLIAMENT? ARE YOU THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS? I AM SORRY YOU ARE NOT BUSY IN PARLIAMENT OTHERWISE THIS IS NOT NEW. PARLIAMENT ESPERCIALLY PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE A WASTE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND. MOST seriou PEOPLE THINK MPS ESPERCIALLY ON THE MINORITY SIDE ARE JUST A WASTE BECAUSE YOU ARE THERE BY DEFAULT. YOU ARE JUST PARLIAMENTARY MISFITS.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG ABOUT VIOCING-OUT THE INCOMPETENCE OF SOME OF THESE PMs WHO CAN NOT EVEN FATHOM THAT 1+1 IS 2