The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has explained that his attempt to hold the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong accountable for purportedly insulting Parliament is not personal.
Speaking on the maiden edition of Citi TV’s Face to Face programme, he said “I’m not fighting [Kennedy Agyapong]. It is not personal at all.”
Kennedy Agyapong reportedly described Parliament as “useless” for having Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as its Majority Leader on Accra-based Net2 TV.
Muntaka Mubarak insisted that it was his responsibility to uphold the sanctity of Parliament, hence his actions.
“I think that he is way overboard with the way he carries himself and the things he says about not only Parliament and Parliamentarians but others, and I don’t think that is fair to the public because of the immunity we enjoy. So it is on that conviction that I did what I did.”
Muntaka Mubarak told the host of Face To Face, Godfred Akoto, that he would continue on this trajectory whether or not he gets the support of other MPs.
“I’ve never had the fear of being isolated or standing alone. Once I am convinced about something, I do it.”
In his view, this case “is a golden opportunity to send a signal to the general public that we are ready to deal with our own.”
Muntaka Mubarak was speaking after he had appeared before Parliament’s Privileges Committee to present evidence against Kennedy Agyapong.
The Assin Central MP contends that his comments were taken out of context.
He also described Muntaka Mubarak as a dumb for referring him to Parliament’s Privileges Committee over the purported insult.
Following the verbal salvo from Kennedy Agyapong, Muntaka Mubarak called for the suspension of the Assin Central MP from Parliament.
He reiterated that Kennedy Agyapong’s recent conduct was unfit for someone in the legislature.
“If the privileges committee decides to make a recommendation, my prayer will be that he be allowed to take the full punishment and the full punishment will be for him to be expelled from the House for the rest of this session. So that will mean he will be out of this House till December [2018].”
Source: citinewsroom.com
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MUNTAKA WHEN YOU FIRST CAME INTO POLITICS WE SAW YOU.YOU COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD PAMPERS FOR YOUR CHILD AND NOW YOU ARE RICH SO YOU TALK ANYHOW.INCOMPETENT MAN LIKE YOU.STOLEN THE TAX PAYERS MONEY.
MUNTAKA WHY DO YOU CALL YOURSELF ZONGO BOY? DO YOU WANT TO TELL GHANAIANS ZONGOS ARE VIOLENT PEOPLE? WHY SHOULD YOU EVEN MENTION ZONGO? WHAT HAS THE ZONGOS GOT TO DO WITH THE CASE BETWEEN YOU AND HON. KEN? KEN ALSO IS ASSIN BOY. WHAT DOES THE ZONGOS HAVE THAT THE ASSINS DONT HAVE MUNTAKA PLEASE TELL US. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THE MINORITY SPOKE HARSLY AGAINST THE HON. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SOME TIME AGO? WHAT RESPECT DID YOU PEOPLE GAVE TO HIM.HASSAN AYARIGA LIED AS AN MP HE WAS ASKED TO APOLOGIZE HE DID AND WAS FORGIVEN SO IF KEN ADMIT HE HAS DONE WRONG AND APOLOGIZE WHAT WILL YOU DO AS MUNTAKA? STOP THIS CHEAP POLITICS AND LET GHANA MOVE FORWARD.THE HYPOCRISY IS TOO MUCH.
Interesting parliamentarians. When Muntaka went to 'chew pampers and khebab' he still remained in parliament.