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Kennedy Agyapong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The much publicised call by the Speaker of Parliament for Parliament to take a final decision on the Privileges Committee\u2019s report on alleged contemptuous remarks by the Member of Parliament (MP)"},"modified":"2019-02-15T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:02:12","slug":"parliament-could-not-decide-on-ken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/parliament-could-not-decide-on-ken\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Could Not Decide On Ken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kennedy Agyapong<\/strong><\/p>\n

The much publicised call by the Speaker of Parliament for Parliament to take a final decision on the Privileges Committee\u2019s report on alleged contemptuous remarks by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central against the Parliament of Ghana, could not take place yesterday.<\/p>\n

Even though the report was publicised on the Order Paper
\nyesterday, nothing was said about it after Parliament concluded the
\nconsideration of the Right to Information Bill, 2018, by adopting the proposed
\namendment by the MP for Suhum, Frederick Opare Ansah that the bill be made to
\ntake effect after 12 months of passing it.<\/p>\n

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, on Tuesday
\ndirected the chairman of the Privileges Committee who is also the First Deputy
\nSpeaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, to present the committee\u2019s report yesterday on the
\nalleged contemptuous remarks made against the institution by Mr. Ken Agyapong
\nfor the House to adopt it.<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s sitting, it was advertised on the Order
\nPaper that the report of the committee on the alleged breach of privileges and
\nthe said contemptuous remarks were to be adopted by the House. <\/p>\n

The chairman of the Privileges Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu,
\nhowever, pleaded with the Speaker to allow the committee to defer the adoption
\nand hear another case of contempt made against the same MP which has been
\nreferred to the committee for hearing so that the two reports will be lumped
\ntogether and presented for adoption by the House.<\/p>\n

The Speaker did not agree with the plea of the chairman of
\nthe Privileges Committee and asked that the report be presented to the House
\nyesterday for action to be taken on it.<\/p>\n

After completing yesterday\u2019s public business without
\nmentioning the report, MPs retired to Committee of the Whole where they
\ndiscussed the formula and distribution of the 2019 District Assembly Common
\nFund.<\/p>\n

It is not known when the House will eventually adopt the
\nreport of the Privileges Committee on Mr. Kennedy Agyapong.<\/p>\n

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

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

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