The Minority leader in Parliament has questioned the Oath of Office President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia took during their swearing in.
Haruna Iddrisu said the first and second gentlemen of the land pronounced crucial words in the wrong order at their inauguration on January 7.
The Second Schedule of the 1992 Constitution contains forms of oath that has to be taken by President-elect, Vice-President-elect, Members of Parliament (MP), Council of State Members, Cabinet members, Auditor-General, Speaker of Parliament, Chief Justice and Ministers of State.
According to Mr Iddrisu, instead of the President saying “…I dedicate myself to the service and well-being of the people of the Republic of Ghana and to do right to all manner of persons,” he said “…I dedicate myself to the service and welfare...”
The former Employment Minister continued that when the Vice President was taking the Oath of Allegiance, he was also supposed to have said “…that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of Ghana,” but in a weird manner said “ I will uphold the Insovereign...”
Although he did not call for the Oaths to be retaken as it is done in some jurisdictions, he entreated government officials to take their oaths seriously since they represent the heart of the Constitution.
A case in point was when former United States President, Barack Obama missed some words in his Oath of Office. Confusion arose in the country after a newspaper carried the headline “Oaf of Office.” This prompted calls for former President Obama to retake the oath. Chief Justice John Roberts readministered the oath to the President at the White House.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Yes Kyei Mensah was a minority member and a good one a a matter of fact unlike this unthinkable minority that the NDC got. @hahah yes adwoa sarfo is a great leader and not like ur sisters who get no future like urself
u say what? 'Ghanaians hate the ndc' ? hahahaa...i guess the 4.8mil who voted for the ndc are palestinians... dont be a 'zombie' footsoldier
FOR GOD'S SAKE L;ETS BE SERIOUS IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS FOUL-SMELLING IDRISSU JUST SHUT YOUR ***barred word*** MOUTH IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. THIS IS PETTINESS AND INFANTILE STUUPIDITTY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. THE QUESTION IS WERE TWISTED, INVERTED DISPLACED WORDS CHANGE THE MEANINMG OF THE OATH????? WHY THIS LEVEL OF CHEAP POLITICAL POINTS SCORING??? ITS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT A PLOT HAS BEEN HATCHED TO CAUSE DISAFFECTION TOWARDS NANA'S GOVERNMENT; BUT YOU WILL FAIL LIKE HOW YOU FAILED MISERABLY WITH YOUR CHILDISH AND CHEAP PRE-ELECTION PROPAGANDA AND CHARACTER ASSASINATION!!!
To the f001s on this platform saying in other jurisdictions the oaths of office would be retaken .Fine! In other jurisdictions John Mahama and many of the NDC kleptomaniacs will be twiddling their thumbs thinking of when prison will be beckoning. A party of twits and th13ves.
@ @devotion. You go criticise paa EH?Then you go dey opposition for a long period paa.Do you think Ghanaians give a damn about trifles? All they want to know is when tariffs on utilities will go down.They want to know how their lives can be made better.Your champion from the North can continue to do verbal somersaults in parliament.for as long as he likes. You simply have no idea how Ghanaians hate the NDC party and the kleptomaniac called John Mahama.
Wow! This guy has not come up with anything positive since his government went into opposition. Ghana cannot fail for another 4 years and it is imperative that we all join together to build the country, as such petty issues don't help anyone.
when did u realise opposition parties need to help instead of criticizing? when ur whole dir of comm could bodly say that "govt mistakes excites him" ? what didnt u guys do to the past govt..? make we think, we'll be citizens not spectators hence we gon criticize paaa
Lets pray for the country not what you guys are talking about. We need all of u to help not to criticize.
You've change to worse, not the fine gentle minister I used to know, don't let politics buy your true conscience, you're better past this game of politics.