There was drama at Parliament’s Privileges Committee probing contemptuous allegations brought against MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong as chairman of the committee, Joe Osei Owusu overruled over an application by Afenyo-Markin and K.T. Hammond.
According to him, some members of NPP MPs from the Central Region on the committee wants to rescue themselves from the hearing.
But the chairman of the Committee according to Adom News’ Abednego Asante Asiedu was forced to adjourn sitting sine dine explaining that some members are planning to rescue themselves from the hearing.
The maverick legislator was dragged to the committee for allegedly calling his colleagues “useless”.
The sitting was to determine whether Mr Agyapong can be held in contempt of Parliament for his alleged contemptuous remarks against Parliament and the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
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Alhaji Muntaka had already appeared before the committee and presented an audio and video in which Mr Agyapong purportedly referred to the House as a ‘cheap and useless’ assembly.
He said Mr Agyapong had stated in the audio and video that: “If this House were not useless, they would not have the likes of Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as its leader.”
So Tuesday’s sitting was for Mr Agyapong to cross-examine Alhaji Muntaka on the evidence he had provided to the committee.
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Mr. Kennedy Agyapong was led in counsel by Alexander Afenyo-Markin and K.T. Hammond, both Members of Parliament.
