Parliament’s Privileges Committee has pronounced Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, guilty of contempt for making disparaging remarks against the House.
The Committee, Chaired by First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, stated in the recommendations of its report that having “concluded the matter in the light of the totality of the evidence gathered and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Standing Orders and other relevant enactments and concluded that the Hon. Member for Assin Central Constituency, Mr Ken Ohene Agyapong is indeed in contempt of Parliament for the remarks he made that ‘Parliament is cheap’ and ‘Parliament is useless’”.
The Committee further recommended that the House adopts the report and “sanction Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong by suspending him for the rest of this Session or reprimand him”.
Mr Agyapong’s alleged insult was reported to the house by Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, and the Speaker subsequently referred the matter to the Privileges Committee.
Alhaji Muntaka said Mr Agyapong had stated in an audio and video he provided to the Committee that “if this House were not useless, they would not have the likes of Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as its leader.”
Source: Class News
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That is Ghana for you. My concern is simple. Did Ken speak the truth or he lied? I don't have an answer to this question because I fear contempt f.*.*.l.s.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE PUBLIC TO RESPECT PARLIAMENTARIANS WHEN YOU HAVE CHARACTERS LIKE RAS MUBARAK, OKUDZATO WITH SHARP TEETH, SAM GEORGE, MUTAKA MUBARAK AND OTHERS IN THE HOUSE? PARLIAMENT IS NOW CHEAP AND USE1ESS. BRAVO KEN, NO SHAKING AT ALL.
Well, Ke will be the scapegoat alright, lets see the next step of the committee. It is time to verify if they do not fear the NDC MPs. Does the committee only bite when the issue at stake affects the image of parliament alone as against the nation? Regardless of what the Special Prosecutor has to say, do the MPs mean taking double salaries as an MP is and honour to the house and not a contempt? What are the NPP MPs doing? You guys are silent on the"BLOODY WIDOW" placards. Talking on radio and tv stations is not what we need. Should we take you serious?. When will you guys be serious as people we should follow? Refusal to lead as MPs is a betrayal of the electorate. You guys must sit up!
Oh thank God, now I can enjoy my fufu. Justice is served.
Kennedy was stating the obvious. If you have Parliamentarians enjoying double salaries , lying about the Presidency, leaking committee sittings etc. what again do you want to hear. Ken some of us do understand you and you state the facts as they are. Some may not like the manner but that is you. Have Parliament sanctioned their colleagues who duped the country by receiving double salaries. God will punish those hiding them especially NPP Parliamentarians who are in bed with those NDC Parliamentarians who are culpable of receiving double salary. Big shame to NPP for sleeping on this corrupt act.
For the very first time, i have respected parliament. They have now proven that they not rubber stamp. Kudos to all, especially the majority mps.
What about those mps who lied to the state about the presidency? That people pay $20,000 to sit close to the president. Ghana is not a serious country at all and the judicial service is most rotten institution. Everything is political, why?
This is good. He will now have more time to deal with anas. I hope he will start hosting his own show on net 2 titled investigating the investigator.
***barred word***!Ohenenana,what hero?when an MP who should know better is fooling and has be sanctioned to serve as a deterrent for the younger ones not to copy his ***barred word*** utterances you are here talking of a heroic act.And you speak against your own party member who is no ordinary person than the Majority Leaders.What do you expect our opponents to do.its time we tell some of our leaders the truth.It is we the party members who will go and do the damage control.Uncle Ken its enough, please we beg you.We are tired.