Bribery In Parliament: This Doesn't Look Good . . . Come In, Special Prosecutor! - Kwamena Duncan

Former Minister for Central Region, Kwamena Duncan, has waded into discussions on recent allegation of bribe at Parliament.

Leader of the Majority Caucus, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu revealed that a businessman tried to bribe some New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs who have called for the removal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.

Although he cannot establish the motive behind the financial inducement by the unnamed businessman, Hon. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, at a press conference, disclosed that investigations are being commissioned into the matter to ascertain its veracity.

“We will investigate and if it is true, we will establish the motive of that person.”

“What I can say of it (the allegations) as of now is that, we don’t know the motive. Not knowing what the motive is, sometimes these things come up, so we will have to establish that.”

“You remember the issue of a minister who was nominated to appear before the Vetting Committee, there were allegations that he attempted to bribe some people or influence some people, eventually, it turned out to be untrue. Even though this one has come before me, not having gone into it, I don’t want to make any pronouncements on it. Let’s see if indeed it is true and that is not an insult to the intelligence of those people who spoke to it,” he said.

Tackling the issue, Kwamena Duncan welcomed the investigations into the bribery allegation.

He called on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to take the matter up and bring a closure to it.

"I would want to have the office of the Special Prosecutor come in and do what he can do quickly on this matter so that we put this matter behind us because for as long as it lingers, it doesn't look good for the image of Parliament as a whole," he said on Peace FM's morning show "Kokrokoo".

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana