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Parliament on Thursday afternoon reprimanded Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong after he was found guilty by the Privileges Committee for calling t"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:54:27","slug":"go-and-sin-no-more-speaker-reprimands-kennedy-agyapong-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/go-and-sin-no-more-speaker-reprimands-kennedy-agyapong-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Go and sin no more! \u2013 Speaker reprimands Kennedy Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parliament on Thursday afternoon reprimanded Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong after he was found guilty by the Privileges Committee for calling the House cheap and useless.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Before proceeding to reprimand him, Speaker Mike Aaron Ocquaye said\u00a0he should live up to expectation and not let his colleagues down again. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI agree that if this House should come to the conclusion that indeed the member should go and sin no more, we will not have the opportunity to have this same\u00a0matter revisited in one form or the other in the annals of the history of this house whether from him or whoever else,\u201d the Speaker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When given the opportunity to apologise, Mr Agyapong said some of the things he is purported to have said were misconstrued. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Although he expressed remorse for calling Parliament cheap, he was insistent that he never said the House was useless. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI plead with the House to remove the word \u2018Parliament is useless\u2019 because I never said that\u2026today and tomorrow I will insist I never used the word,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak petitioned Parliament last year for action to be taken against Mr. Agyapong for allegedly describing the House as useless in a TV interview, a charge the MP denies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye<\/b><\/p>\n

He contended that Muntaka Mubarak\u2019s referral was based on comments taken out of context.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kennedy Agyapong had described Muntaka Mubarak as dumb for referring him to Parliament\u2019s Privileges Committee over the purported insult.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Mubarak insisted that the Assin Central MP\u2019s conduct was not befitting of a\u00a0legislator.<\/span><\/p>\n

But after escaping suspension, the outspoken\u00a0MP said he does not blame the Committee for taking the decision because the radio presenter moderating the programme on which he made those comments did not allow him to finish his statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was referring to the First Vice Chair of NPP in Kumasi who had gone on several radio stations to say that criticising Anas \u2013 who is fighting corruption – does not make me deserving of an MP. He rained insults on me\u2026the moment I said \u2018because Parliament is cheap,\u2019 he did not allow me to finish\u2026when you listen to the audio, you will realise that\u00a0with anger and everything I could not articulate my issues clearly,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that \u201cI respect parliament and I don\u2019t feel shy apologising when I first made the comment and today too I have apologised again\u2026I sincerely apologise to parliament if they find it offensive that I used that word\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Speaker advised him to be very\u00a0circumspect about the statements he makes thereafter. <\/span><\/p>\n

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