{"id":649211,"date":"2019-07-03T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with other officials cutting the ribbon to open the Guangzhou consulate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, has described as unfounded allegations t"},"modified":"2019-07-03T11:34:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:34:55","slug":"ghana-consul-general-rubbishes-ras-mubarak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/03\/ghana-consul-general-rubbishes-ras-mubarak\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Consul General Rubbishes Ras Mubarak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with other officials cutting the ribbon to open the Guangzhou consulate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, has described as unfounded allegations that the Ghana national flag was denigrated during the opening of the office last week.<\/p>\n<p>National<br \/>\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kunbungu,<br \/>\nRas<br \/>\nMubarak, had alleged in a typical busy-body post on Facebook that the Ghana<br \/>\nflag was mutilated during the ribbon cutting ceremony to signify the opening of<br \/>\nthe Consulate General office last Wednesday in Guangzhou and<br \/>\ntherefore officials involved, including the Foreign Affairs Minister, should be<br \/>\nreprimanded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat<br \/>\nthe Minister for Foreign Affairs, our Ambassador in China and other staff of<br \/>\nthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs did in the attached photo constitutes<br \/>\nmutilation of the national flag and is in violation of Ghana\u2019s Criminal<br \/>\nOffences Act 29 (1960), and the Flag And Arms Protection Act of 1959,\u201d Ras<br \/>\nMubarak alleges in a post lapped on by NDC apparatchiks.<\/p>\n<p>He even suggested raising the issue in Parliament.<br \/>\n\u201cIn view of this, I intend to bring a half hour motion in Parliament with the<br \/>\nview to having the minister answer for her actions,\u201d Ras Mubarak indicated.<\/p>\n<p>But<br \/>\nthe Consulate General, in a statement to set the records straight, said the<br \/>\nallegation made by the MP was a figment of his imagination.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\nConsulate-General of the Republic of Ghana is very disappointed and wholly<br \/>\nrejects the unfounded claim that the national flag was denigrated during the<br \/>\nformal opening of the mission in Guangzhou.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\nimprint of national colours and symbols on ceremonial items used on such<br \/>\nauspicious occasions do not necessarily equate those items to the flag,\u201d the<br \/>\nstatement said.<\/p>\n<p>While<br \/>\nthe consulate conceded that the colours may bear a semblance of the national flag,<br \/>\nthe ribbon cut for the opening of the consulate has several stars unlike the<br \/>\nnational flag which has a lone black star. \u00a0\u201cIt must be placed on record that the ribbon<br \/>\nthat was cut was not the national flag as it had several stars.\u00a0 Our national flag has only one black star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides,<br \/>\nthe ceremony in Guangzhou is not the only occasion when a banner with the<br \/>\nnational symbols has been used in a ribbon-cutting event,\u201d the Consul General<br \/>\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>The statement indicated that the request to establish the consulate has been on paper for at least 10 years.\u00a0 \u201cThe Foreign Minister, after her visit to China in June, 2018, worked hard within one year to ensure that Ghana gets a representation in Southern China to support Ghanaian businessmen\/investors who do their business mostly in the Southern part of the country.\u00a0 This is a commendable achievement which has been highly recognized by the Chinese authorities,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\nadds: \u201cIt is also important to point out that the ceremony was given a high<br \/>\nrecognition with the presence of the Vice-Governor of Guangdong Province,<br \/>\nofficials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Beijing, Foreign Affairs<br \/>\nOffice in Guangzhou and other state officials which is normally not done\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Consulate General assures the good people of Ghana that it will not do anything to undermine the interest of the country but rather strengthen the already cordial relations between Ghana and China for the mutual benefits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Fortune Alimi <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with other officials cutting the ribbon to open the Guangzhou consulate The Ghana Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, has described as unfounded allegations that the Ghana national flag was denigrated during the opening of the office last week. 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