{"id":268252,"date":"2024-12-19T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ato-forson-threatens-finance-minister-with-jail-term-over-mini-budget-delay\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:51:13","slug":"ato-forson-threatens-finance-minister-with-jail-term-over-mini-budget-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ato-forson-threatens-finance-minister-with-jail-term-over-mini-budget-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Ato Forson Threatens Finance Minister With Jail Term Over Mini-Budget Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cassiel Ato Forson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson has issued a stern warning to Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, cautioning him that failure to present the 2025 mini-budget to Parliament could result in severe penalties, including a jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Ato Forson expressed frustration over the finance minister\u2019s absence from Parliament for four consecutive days, leaving the budget for the first quarter of the coming year unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe absence of the Finance Minister is deeply troubling, especially given the nation\u2019s ongoing economic difficulties. His failure to present the mini-budget is not just a procedural lapse; it is an affront to the principles of transparency and accountability,\u201d Ato Forson stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Constitution and the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act mandate the Finance Minister to present the mini-budget to Parliament before the year ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are severe penalties for not doing this, including a jail term. So I just want to caution those in office to be aware of the constitutional provisions and also be aware of the PFM Act,\u201d Ato Forson warned.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority Leader called on the Speaker of Parliament to take immediate action to compel the Finance Minister to appear before the House and fulfill his constitutional duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassiel Ato Forson \u00a0 Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson has issued a stern warning to Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, cautioning him that failure to present the 2025 mini-budget to Parliament could result in severe penalties, including a jail term. Ato Forson expressed frustration over the finance minister\u2019s absence from Parliament for four consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ato Forson Threatens Finance Minister With Jail Term Over Mini-Budget Delay - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ato-forson-threatens-finance-minister-with-jail-term-over-mini-budget-delay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ato Forson Threatens Finance Minister With Jail Term Over Mini-Budget Delay - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cassiel Ato Forson \u00a0 Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson has issued a stern warning to Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, cautioning him that failure to present the 2025 mini-budget to Parliament could result in severe penalties, including a jail term. 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