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Some members of the Majority Side of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament have accused the chairman of the fact-finding body, Albert Kan-Dapaah, of being �dictatorial� in handling proceedings. According to one of them, John Tia Akolugu: �The chairman is behaving like a dictator. He�s being dictatorial in these matters. He�s behaving in a manner that is not commensurate with our work. He is behaving like a judge and prosecutor in his own court and he must bring this to an end.� The Talensi MP�s accusations come on the back of the conspicuous absence of the Majority NDC side from Wednesday�s hearing of the Committee where a former Attorney General, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, appeared to answer questions pertaining to the disbursement of some 94 million Euros to Construction Pioneers (CP). According to Hon Tia, the chairman of the committee after several reminders refused to make available transcribed copies of the previous sittings as far as madam Mould-Iddrisu and the CP judgment debt was concerned. He said they needed the transcribed copies to apprise themselves of some concerns raised by the former Attorney General at a previous appearance where she alleged that some members of the committee had misbehaved untowardly toward her and making allegations that were bringing her reputation into disrepute. He added that Hon. Kan-Dapaah went ahead with Wednesday�s hearing even though they (the majority side) had suggested that if the copies would not be available then the sitting be adjourned until all committee members are furnished with copies to apprise themselves of the previous hearings to ask relevant questions. It was against these reasons why the majority side 'boycotted' Mould-Iddrisu's hearing on Wednesday. He added that �in terms of what has just happened I can tell you that the report is jeopardised because it would have so many interpretations � it�s political, it�s bias."