{"id":767934,"date":"2022-01-27T07:16:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/we-have-moles-amongst-the-npp-mps-muntaka-claims\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T07:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:16:56","slug":"we-have-moles-amongst-the-npp-mps-muntaka-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/we-have-moles-amongst-the-npp-mps-muntaka-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"We have moles amongst the NPP MPs \u2013 Muntaka claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MP for the Asawase Constituency, Muntaka Mubarak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak says his side has moles within the cadre of the New Patriotic Party\u2019s Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n

A mole is any long-term clandestine informant within an organization, government or private.<\/p>\n

According to him, having moles within the rank and file of the opposing side is a necessary evil especially as \u201cinformation is key.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to know what the others are planning and what they\u2019re trying to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow did we get Speaker elected if we didn\u2019t have someone? It\u2019s not one person. It\u2019s the reason why I became the agent myself,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 PM Express, Wednesday, he explained that both sides of Parliament have moles on the other side and that often disgruntled members of the party are targeted to serve this purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re provided leadership, it\u2019s the price of leadership. You cannot appease everybody [so the disgruntled elements] whether on our side or on their side, you cannot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Describing situations that often lead to members getting disgruntled, he cited the constitution of committees in Parliament, he said \u201cI have finance committee and people come and before they even get sworn in, people are filling the forms to be on finance committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have only 12 seats on finance committee and I have 78 people who have completed the forms to be on finance committee and I have to take only 12, how can I please [everybody]?<\/p>\n

\u201cSo by the time I\u2019ll finish selecting 12 out of the 78 somebody will be happy. Somebody maybe he didn\u2019t get Finance he\u2019s on Mines, he may take consolation. Some other person will never forgive you. Are you getting it? So you have that on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

He, however, noted that not all disgruntled members are easily swayed into becoming moles for the other side.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome will be very difficult to get, they may be very disgruntled and not happy on their side but they\u2019ll not, but there are others who are so bitter that they\u2019re willing to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he noted that some members, whether disgruntled or not, have very strong nationalistic tendencies and often await peculiar circumstances like a secret balloting to express their individuality away from the prying eyes of their whips.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd let me tell you, frankly speaking, there are people on both sides who are very nationalistic but the fear of the party whips and the party system is forcing them to stay at bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when an opportunity comes for example in a secret ballot, I mean you saw, the shock we had was worse than theirs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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