The Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Kwami Dzudzorli Gakpey, has called on the minority caucus to apologise to Ghanaians for their actions during the Appointments Committee sitting.
This follows the Speaker’s decision to suspend three minority members for two weeks due to their involvement in violent incidents during the vetting of ministerial nominees last week.
Members of the Minority Caucus of the Appointments Committee clashed with their Majority counterparts over the vetting of Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on January 30 over disagreement on the rescheduling of the vetting process. While the Majority insisted that the vetting proceed as planned on the same day, the minority demanded a reschedule.
The situation escalated as the Minority members took extreme actions, including breaking tables and microphones, in an effort to prevent the delay of the vetting process.
In protest, members of the minority caucus wore black attire and adorned red armbands and headbands to express their dissatisfaction with the suspensions.
However, Gakpey described their actions as unnecessary, insisting that an apology would be a more appropriate course of action.
“It is their constitutional mandate, and the constitution is entrenched, so they can protest. It is their legitimate right to do that. But whether that will amount to any objective, I don’t care.
“The only thing they should do is be remorseful and apologise to Ghanaians rather than engage in such protests. Strategically, that is very wrong, and they should apologise,” he stated.
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