{"id":401108,"date":"2017-07-14T10:11:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/14\/im-sorry-i-went-too-far-casely-hayford\/"},"modified":"2017-07-14T10:11:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:11:27","slug":"im-sorry-i-went-too-far-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/14\/im-sorry-i-went-too-far-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I\u2019m sorry, I went too far&#8217; &#8211; Casely-Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 14 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/13189045.295.jpg\" alt=\"Casely Hayfordqqw\" title=\"Casely Hayfordqqw\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>A leading member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500027087_307_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A leading member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has apologised to the country\u2019s lawmakers for some derogatory comments he made against them for which contempt charges loom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI indeed went over the top, I do apologise for that. I used some language which I suppose I should not have used. I unreservedly apologise, because in mature conversation when you say something that you offend somebody and you are prompted, the least you can do is to say \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019. It wasn\u2019t meant to be offensive, this is where I was going and if it came out the wrong way then I do apologise sincerely, I have no reservation doing that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak was the lawmaker who requested the Speaker to haul Mr Casely-Hayford before the house.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Mr Hayford said the following about current and past MPs:<\/p>\n<p>(1) \u201cThese people are sitting there, spending money like crazy, making stupid decisions and passing stupid laws&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(2) \u201cAll they think of is \u2018let&#8217;s pass this thing quickly, let&#8217;s go to Senchi Royal, let&#8217;s go and sit there and chill and come back\u2026\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(3) \u201cThey don&#8217;t read the papers that they are given, they don&#8217;t think through what the challenges are&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(4) \u201cThe first thing I will do if I had the opportunity is to break down parliament\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Casely-Hayford in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM apologised saying he went over the top.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYqs23wQL7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEkG-hxBOO0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 14 July 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-07-14 A leading member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford &#13; 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