Parliament’s Privileges Committee establishes case against Kennedy Agyapong

The Privileges Committee of Parliament has established that the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has a case to answer regarding his alleged contemptuous remarks against Parliament and the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The committee came to that determination after taking evidence from the witness, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, at a pre-hearing meeting in Accra Tuesday.

Consequently, the committee has fixed July 3, 2018, as the date for Mr Agyapong to cross examine Alhaji Muntaka on the evidence he provided to the committee.

The meeting was held in camera, which meant that journalists did not sit in the meeting.

In fact, journalists were ready with their pens and cameras to capture the event but the Chairman of the committee, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, said since it was a pre-hearing meeting, the journalists should excuse the committee.

Referral

Mr Agyapong was dragged before the Privileges Committee of Parliament over his purported contemptuous utterances against Parliament and the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, referred Mr Agyapong to the Privileges Committee following a motion moved by Alhaji Muntaka.

Ahaji Muntaka said he had an audio and video in which Mr Agyapong 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 like of Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as its leader.”

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