{"id":460521,"date":"2018-02-01T17:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/resignation-plot-minority-fighting-a-lost-battle-majority\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:51:23","slug":"resignation-plot-minority-fighting-a-lost-battle-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/resignation-plot-minority-fighting-a-lost-battle-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Resignation plot: Minority fighting a lost battle \u2013 Majority"},"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>Starrfmonline.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\/07\/42808760.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Ofori Attah{ Fresh\" title=\"Ken Ofori Attah{ Fresh\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minority members are calling for the resignation of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta<\/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\/1517507483_656_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Majority in parliament has pledged to foil any attempt by the Minority to pass a vote of censure on the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta which will lead to the House not recognizing the minister.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority on Wednesday January 31, 2018 resurrected the $2.25billion bond saga calling for Mr. Ofori-Atta to resign, citing sections of the report on the saga by CHRAJ, indicting him of breaching several statutory regulations governing issuance of bonds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our contention that based on these willful breaches of  Ghanaian law, guidelines and processes in the bond issuance, the Finance Minister has made his continuous stay in office untenable and we hereby demand his immediate resignation or dismissal and subsequent prosecution,\u201d the Minority demanded.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to abdicate his post within fourteen days, \u201cwe shall invoke a motion of censorship in accordance with article 82 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana to remove him from office as soon as possible,\u201d threatened the Minority.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the Member of Parliament for Bantama and member of the Finance Committee of Parliament Daniel Okyem Aboagye said the Minority members are fighting a lost battle.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the said breaches captured in the CHRAJ\u2019s report on the saga do not constitute a ground for impeaching the Finance Minister.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/RokZyj7r-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll not follow the Minority,\u201d he told Starr News\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan.<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that assuming without admitting the Minority was right they will not succeed because they do not have the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssuming without admitting, I\u2019ll never support them because they don\u2019t have the numbers,\u201d he stressed adding, \u201csome of them talk too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4iqlgM8f7j8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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