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The Majority in Parliament is asking the Minority to offer the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta an opportunity to be heard on allegations levelled as the basis for a vote of censure against him.<\/p>\n
The Minority filed a motion of vote of censure against the Finance Minister over claims of conflict of interest and fiscal recklessness leading to the current economic hardship.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, in his ruling on an objection against the vote of censure,<\/strong> described the motion as appropriately laid.<\/p>\n But speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin raised some other concerns pertaining to the motion.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Minister is entitled to be heard. You cannot take away the right to fair hearing from a respondent. So Mr. Speaker, my view is that, we have a serious matter as censure and the applicants have not served the Minister neither have they served the basis on which they mounted their application.\u201d<\/p>\n The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu said the Speaker\u2019s ruling must be upheld.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Speaker has ruled, and we must show respect to the Speaker. If there are any disagreements with the ruling, they know what to do. Ordinarily, any civilized democracy in the world, you don\u2019t even need a motion for the Minister of Finance to go home. He, upon self-appraisal of where he has led the country and economy to, in all conscience, will bow out and save the nation. So, we have brought a competent motion.\u201d<\/p>\n The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Asiamah Amoako in his ruling has directed that the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin\u2019s ruling on the matter be maintained.<\/p>\n \u201cThe issue of censure motion has already been discussed. These issues were raised, and the Speaker ruled that, the motion was appropriate, so I think that we will patiently wait as the motion matures.\u201d<\/p>\n