{"id":460381,"date":"2018-02-01T07:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/try-it-and-see-npp-mp-dares-minority-over-parliamentary-coup-against-finance-minister\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T07:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T07:11:03","slug":"try-it-and-see-npp-mp-dares-minority-over-parliamentary-coup-against-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/try-it-and-see-npp-mp-dares-minority-over-parliamentary-coup-against-finance-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Try it and see &#8211; NPP MP dares Minority over &#8216;parliamentary coup&#8217; against Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  1 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/93186237.295.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Okyem Aboagye\" title=\"Daniel Okyem Aboagye\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517469063_165_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minority in Parliament has been challenged to trigger a parliamentary procedure that could lead to the sacking of the Finance minister accused of conflict of interest in the $2.5bn bond issuance.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing the challenge is New Patriotic Party MP for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, who predicts the move is bound to fail.<\/p>\n<p>In an unprecedented threat, the Minority caucus says they are ready to trigger Article 82 of the 1992 constitution which is a motion of censorship.<\/p>\n<p>In that motion, they need an overwhelming support in Parliament for the dismissal of the Finance minister.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Ofori-Atta, they say, has been indicted in the CHRAJ report which says the Finance minister&#8217;s &#8220;extensive interest&#8221; in the securities market raises &#8220;potential for conflict of interest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Holding on to this key revelation, the Minority MPs say their 11-month accusatory advocacy has been vindicated.<\/p>\n<p>They have gleaned from the report that the minister breached Article 181 of the 1992 constitution and Section 56 of the Public Financial Management Act 2016.<\/p>\n<p>They also accuse him of failing to adhere to BoG guidelines when he gave only one day notice of trading in the bond when the regulations required two-weeks&#8217; notice<\/p>\n<p>All these breaches occurred when he went to raise $2.5 billion bond on the international market.<\/p>\n<p>They said these breaches are not simply mistakes but rather &#8220;willful&#8221; violations. They want the &#8220;honourable minister to do the honourable thing&#8221; and resign within 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, they will go for the &#8216;nuclear option&#8217; of moving the censorship motion. But the 106 MPs will need at least 77 NPP MPs to join in their nearly one-year-old push to kick out Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p>But South Dayi NDC MP Rockson Nelson Dafiamepkor is confident of getting the needed support from across the aisle in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t surprise you that there are a lot of MPs on the Majority who find favour with our position&#8221;, he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>He said since the vote on censorship is expected to be a secret ballot, there is the potential for a surprise outcome, he said stressing some NPP MPs are not happy.<\/p>\n<p>But Daniel Aboagye laughed off this possibility in an interview on Joy FM Top Story Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they are not serious,&#8221; he told host Evans Mensah and said the NDC MPs are &#8220;trying to be relevant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said the CHRAJ report presents an opportunity to improve the laws and rules on bond issuance and not an opportunity to score partisan points.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 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 Thursday, 1 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-01 Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye The Minority in Parliament has been challenged to trigger a parliamentary procedure that could lead to the sacking of the Finance minister accused of conflict of interest in the $2.5bn bond issuance. 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