Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin during proceedings on the floor of Parliament on June 4, 2025
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, clashed with the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, during proceedings on the floor of Parliament on June 4, 2025.
Muntaka, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, accused Afenyo-Markin, the MP for Effutu, of always needlessly disrupting proceedings in the House, describing him as a “spoilt child who has lost his food.”
The interior minister’s comments infuriated the Minority Leader, who delivered a blistering response in return.
He accused the Asawase legislator of needlessly attacking him, adding that he did not expect such words from him.
“For the Honourable Muntaka Mubarak, whom I so much respect, to be on his feet to use certain words the way he did… Mr Speaker, he has been in leadership before. I will not want any of my colleagues here to be disrespectful to you, never. We are here to debate.
“All I was saying was that the matter did not come up at the pre-sitting. The Majority Leader whispered to me that the finance minister would bring up something. The energy minister had whispered to me that we would engage. All I was trying to draw the attention of the House to was that we were not pre-informed. For you to get up and to attack my person, that anytime I get up, I don’t just get up to speak, I get recognition…” he said.
The Minority Leader added that; “And if you, whom I so much respect, are the interior minister today and you want to hijack the leadership and then attack me?… I expect you not to be the one to be attacking me. I expect you not to be the one to use certain words, but I am not worried. As Minority Leader, I expect more of such attacks, and more will come. It is a price I will pay for being Minority Leader. If the intolerance level has said that I will be attacked by no less a person than the interior minister, whom I so much respect… Mr Speaker, I leave him and all his ways to posterity.”
Watch the clash in the videos below:
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