Political scientist at the University of Ghana Professor Ransford Gyampo says the Minority group in parliament failed Ghanaians during the censure motion hearing.
He said the questions asked by the minority during the committee sitting to investigate the finance minister were below par.
According to him the committee that investigated the Finance Minister showed that they appeared not to have a full grasp of the issues they raised when Mr Ken Ofori-Atta appeared before them.
In the view of Prof Gyampo, the Finance Minister had the space to lecture the committee members when he should have been nailed with followed-up questions.
Professor Gyampo made these statements on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday November 26,
“I’m disappointed with the Minority group, Majority group, both of them, they have failed. They don’t seem to appreciate the mandate given to them by Ghanaians in 2020 elections that effectively gave a hang parliament.
“We have a minority that came out to say Ken Ofori-Atta was not fit for purpose and so many things surrounded him make them believe he is not somebody they can approve to be Finance Minister they said it openly, yet when they had the opportunity to vote, apart from one or two of them on the appointments committee, the rest of them voted in full support of the very person they said they won’t support.
“Fast forward, this same Minority group, they told us they have a lot of charges against him for that reason the censure motion, they had opportunity to interact with him through the committee and I was expecting they will be able to nail him with the questions but if you look at it, they probably did not have their firm grasp of the issues because some of the questions, you expected them to ask follow up questions to nail him.”
“The Majority group, I thought they were men, I thought they were brave…It appears our hope in the hang parliament is dwindling.”
Meanwhile, the report of the 8-member committee has been laid before Parliament.
It was laid by co-chair, K. T. Hammond on Friday November 25.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com
