The minority leader and member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the majority members of the House to support the motion of censure against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
According to Iddrisu, he is well aware that the NDC lacks the required numbers to get the motion passed and will require support from some NPP MPs, particularly those who publicly claim to be against Ofori-Atta.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, he said after calling for a secret ballot on the motion that “if they cooperate we will be successful, if they don’t cooperate our exercise will not succeed.”
However, the majority MPs have made it clear that they will lend no support to the NDC’s motion, calling it a political game.
It will not be supported by the Majority, Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin said.
He accused the opposition lawmakers of playing “mischief” with the motion.
He said “This censure motion has already failed, who told you, you are going to get any support from [our] side? it is a political motion and we won’t support, you won’t get any support. We will prove to you that it is an agenda against the Finance Minister. It is an NDC matter.”
The report of the 8-member committee that investigated the allegations made against the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta by the Minority, was laid before Parliament.
The report was laid by co-chair, K. T. Hammond on Friday November 25.
The Second Deputy Speaker Andrew Asiamah directed that copies of the report be distributed to members.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com