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Prof Mike Oquaye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSpeaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, yesterday directed the chairman of the\nPrivileges Committee, who is also the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, to\npresent the committee\u2019s repor"},"modified":"2019-02-15T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:01:05","slug":"parliament-takes-decision-on-ken-agyapong-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/parliament-takes-decision-on-ken-agyapong-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Takes Decision On Ken Agyapong Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Prof Mike Oquaye<\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\nSpeaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, yesterday directed the chairman of the
\nPrivileges Committee, who is also the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, to
\npresent the committee\u2019s report today in parliament on the alleged contemptuous
\nremarks made against the institution by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin
\nCentral, Ken Agyapong, for the House to adopt it.<\/p>\n

During
\nyesterday\u2019s sitting it was advertised on the Order Paper that the report of the
\ncommittee on the alleged breach of privileges was to be adopted by the House. <\/p>\n

The
\nchairman of the Privileges Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, however, pleaded with
\nthe speaker to allow the committee to defer the adoption and hear another case
\nof contempt made against the same MP, which has been referred to the committee
\nfor hearing so that the two reports would be put together and presented for
\nadoption by the House.<\/p>\n

The
\nSpeaker did not agree with the plea of the chairman of the Privileges Committee
\nand asked that the report be presented to the House today for action to be
\ntaken on it.<\/p>\n

The
\nAssin Central MP was dragged to the Privileges Committee in June last year by
\nthe Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, for allegedly referring to
\nparliament as a \u2018useless institution\u2019 when he was asked to tone down on his
\nvituperations on Anas Aremeyaw Anas for coming out with an investigative piece on
\ncorruption in the Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n

However,
\nthe decision to take punitive action against the Assin Central MP or not was not
\ntaken at the committee level so the plenary would have to take the final
\ndecision today.<\/p>\n

The
\nAssin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong has been dragged to the Privileges Committee
\nby the same Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka this time for his
\nutterances over the death of undercover investigative journalist, Ahmed
\nHussein-Suale.<\/p>\n

According
\nto the Minority Chief Whip, the comments of the MP compromised the journalist\u2019s
\nsecurity and led to his unfortunate murder by some unknown assailants.<\/p>\n

The
\nMinority Leader asked Parliament to punish the Assin Central MP for his utterances,
\nwhich are not only against the laws of the land but affect the dignity and
\nreputation of parliament to serve as deterrent to other parliamentarians who
\nare supposed to set good examples for young people.<\/p>\n

The
\ncomplaint is yet to be heard by the Privileges Committee of Parliament.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

By Thomas Fosu Jnr <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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