{"id":774419,"date":"2022-01-31T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/31\/muntaka-mubarak-makes-shocking-revelation-about-fomena-mp\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:57:19","slug":"muntaka-mubarak-makes-shocking-revelation-about-fomena-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/31\/muntaka-mubarak-makes-shocking-revelation-about-fomena-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Muntaka Mubarak makes shocking revelation about Fomena MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"329\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-184-696x329.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Muntaka Mubarak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muntaka Mubarak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has alleged that a powerful king in the country coerced the Fomena Member of Parliament (MP), Andrew Asaimah Amoako, to work with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Asawase MP, attempts by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to court the support of the independent MP proved futile due to the influence of the said powerful king.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent time talking to his wife than himself as part of my strategy. I told her what we are ready to offer if he comes on board until a powerful king called him and obviously we all respected that king so\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes, there was an attempt to poach him to the NDC and we were almost succeeding then the powerful king called him, so when he told him I said, \u2018Well this is a king that me myself I revere so it will not be good to disobey him\u2019,\u201d he intimated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1207113142&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Mubarak made these revelations in a yet-to-be-aired\u00a0<strong>JoyNews<\/strong>\u00a0Hotline Documentary, \u2018Ghana\u2019s hung Parliament; a blessing or a curse?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, the outspoken politician revealed that he advised his colleague not to accept any ministerial position that the Akufo-Addo government will offer him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I advised him, \u2018You know how they treated you, don\u2019t accept anything, if you accept a ministerial position they will humiliate you,\u201d he told Kwesi Parker-Wilson.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-31-at-2.39.05-PM-759x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A powerful king coerced Fomena MP to work with NPP Caucus \u2013 Muntaka Mubarak\" class=\"wp-image-10032005977\" title=\"A powerful king coerced Fomena MP to work with NPP Caucus \u2013 Muntaka Mubarak\"\/><figcaption>Andrew Asaimah Amoako is the Fomena MP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the 2020 general election, the Fomena MP was sacked from the NPP because he dared to contest as an independent candidate after losing the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary of the NPP, Mr John Boadu in a statement on October 13, 2020, said by going as an independent candidate, Mr Asiamah had forfeited his membership of the party per the Article 3(9) of the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The party subsequently wrote a petition to Parliament demanding that the seat be declared vacant.<\/p>\n<p>This was accepted by the then Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Asiamah successfully secured a seat in the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic when he won the Fomena seat on December 7, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With both NPP and NDC having an equal representation in the House; 137, the Fomena MP\u2019s decision to sit with the NPP propelled the group to be Majority Group.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, he is the Second Deputy Speaker of the 8th Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"tiIzuPFmjb4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ga South MCE sensitizes church members to avoid prosecution - Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (31-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tiIzuPFmjb4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muntaka Mubarak The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has alleged that a powerful king in the country coerced the Fomena Member of Parliament (MP), Andrew Asaimah Amoako, to work with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament. 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