Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Hon. Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka, would be dragged before the Privileges Committee of Parliament over some comments he made against the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye.
Speaking on Okay Fm's Ade Akye Abia programme, Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, described the comments as unsavory.
The Asawase MP is said to have described the Speaker of Parliament as a threat to the country's democracy.
He says his attitude in parliament does not promote a democratic atmosphere in parliament.
Earlier last week, he told Kwame Nkrumah Tikese of Okay FM in an interview that though they have been complaining about the Speaker's attitude, it is worsening by the day.
According to him, the Speaker should not forget that though he is coming from a political party he is in the interest of all of us.
Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said, the NDC MP, being part of the leadership of the House, ought to have known better, since his comments were in bad taste and has soiled the image of the House and that of the Speaker.
"I was very surprised about the behaviour of my honourable member. What he said undermines the integrity of Parliament and the Speaker. He knows the Standing Orders of Parliament and that is what we are all following, Hon. Muntaka has been here for quite a long time and he knows how things are run in the House," the Majority said.
He added that Hon. Muntaka will be called before the Privileges Committee of Parliament to provide answers for his comments against the Speaker in particular, and the House in general.
In a related development, the Minority Chief Whip Hon. Mohammed Muntaka, says he is unfazed by the threat to haul him before any committee and has indicated his desire to honour the invitation anytime.
"....i am ready to face the Privileges Committee," he told the media.
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Does the Majority leader remember some of his comments against Doe Adjaho? This gaging must stop. Look, it is better for people to speak their mind than keeping their the in them else we might not be able to handle the explosion when it happen.
Akufo-Addo: Electricity tariffs are discriminatory in Ghana. People living in the same neighborhood pay different tariffs. While some pay as much as 3 cedis per kilowatt hour of electricity others pay only 10 pesewas for the same. Some say that NPP people are being targeted. Others say some ethnic groups are being targeted. There are some who say specific churches and their members are being targeted. This is the case across the whole of Ghana. 1 kilowatt hour of electricity must go for the same rate across the country. If the government wants to subsidize in some parts of Ghana it must be systematic and fair.
Haul Muntaka to the Hague ***barred word***
there are too many persons in parliament who are collecting salaries for nothing. i think we have to reduce the members in parliament and this would improve the quality of persons. As it stands now, they are too many hence these insults and ***barred word*** words are being spewed out from 'Honorable' men and women. muntaka is not only disrespectful but corrupt. did he actually pick a lady out to Germany? he should have been sanction. that is why they are indiscipline.
HON. MUNTAKA SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN HE DID. WE WITNESSED THE WAY THE THEN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DURING THE JUST ENDED NDC ERA TREATED THE THEN MINORITY. HE SHOULD THANK THE THEN MINORITY FOR THEIR CAPACITY AND PATIENT TO CONTAIN THE SORT OF BIAS JUDGEMENTS THE THEN SPEAKER WAS MAKING. THIS IS JUST A YEAR AND HE IS ALREADY PASSING UNWANTED STATEMENTS.HE SHOULD BETTER STOP HIS DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOUR AND THINK FAST!!!
@Aluta: it amuses me that aluta is the one tracing the history of insulltts in Ghana politics! What did Frances Essiam say about her ex-party? A party that contracts insulltts contractors. Who can insult more than Valandah boys and girls? Which party formed this association which Allotey Jacobs claims to have been the first National secretary? Who named NDC team B ministers as babies with sharp teeth and why? Insults have been the twin brother of CPP, PNDC and the NDC since their inception. Empty barrels, they say, make the most noisee. What useful contribution have the minority in parliament now have to offer? They can only make press conferences, insultt their elders and cause unnecessary confusion.
Wow! See who's talking......What? Kyei Mensah Bonsu........this is interesting, were we not in this country when this same man used even more savage and unprintable words on previous speakers. How intolerant can this Kyei Mensah Bonsu be. This is an insult to Ghanaians. We don't forget that easily. Anyway, it's just much ado about nothing.
THE PROBLEMS ARE FROM THE SPEAKER HE IS TOO PARTISAN IS VERY BAD HE SHOULD ACTS LIKE A FATHER IN THERE! I WATCH HIM LAST TIME ON THE FLOOR WHERE MINORITY LEATHER WAS UP TO LONG TIME TO CONTRIBUTE THE SPEAKER DID NOT CALLED HIM BUT RATHER WENT AHEAD TO CALL MAJORITY LEATHER, IN FACT LET EVERYBODY WATCH THAT ON YOU-TUBE EVEN THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE KNEW THIS VERY WELL BUT CAN NOT COMPLAIN. IN FACT LOOKING AT THE VIDEO MUTAKA/HARUNA ARE RITE.
THE DEFEAT AND THE DISGRACE ON THE LAST ELECTION DESPAIR WE WERE IN POWER AND HAVE THE MONEY HAVE DAZED ALLOT OF OUR PEOPLE THEREFORE THEY SPEAK ANYHOW ,THEY DISRESPECT EACH ONE INCLUDING THE FOUNDER.I DON,T BLAME THEM J.J.RAWLINGS KILLED FOR NOTHING TO FORM THIS PARTY.
It beats my imagination when this juvenile morning show host Kwame Nkrumah Tikese will call this arrogantt of a majority leader every morning to spew his gibberishh on Ghanaians. Kwame Nkrumah Tikese portrays bad journalism with his amateurish way of conducting interviews on air; he will not listen to the interview only to come back to ask a question that has already been answered by the interviewee. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is arrogantt, pompouss and tooooo known. He talks as if he knows everything. He is a Twerpf!