I scolded Carlos when he approached me, I don’t know what happened

General news for Friday, January 8, 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

01/08/2021

Former Majority Speaker of Parliament and Suame Constituency MP Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu denied instructing the besieged MP for Tema West to snatch the ballots that were counted to determine the Speaker of the 8th Legislature .

A video circling on social media shows a brief interaction between the duo as Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu appeared to have pushed another lawmaker past him, paving the way for Mr Ahenkorah to lock in with the ballots.

Claims have been made that the former majority leader has worked out a grand agenda with the former vice minister of commerce to wreak havoc.

But speaking to GhanaWeb in an exclusive interview regarding the events at the August House during the dissolution of the 7th Parliament, the Suame MP revealed that he scolded Mr Ahenkorah and instructed him to leave the House. region after the latter asked him if the leaders were going to watch. on the sidelines as their side loses in the polls.

“… I called Annor Dompreh that, because of the initial observation I made… I said he should come and stand there while they counted to make sure each of the ballots got.” been checked for Bagbin or whatever or if there was a problem then it would raise the issue.

“So I was asking Annoh Dompreh to move out of his home to come and be where they mattered to Bagbin … just as I called him Carlos Ahenkorah approached me and his statement was that … allow the NDC to win the presidency, and I asked him, where did it come from… and anyway what do you wanna do, please get away from here? So I was even shouting at him to get away from me… I don’t know what happened, ”said Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu.

“Just as the superintendent was leaving me, I saw him run, snatch the ballot and try to run away with him… he was overpowered by our officials in the Marshall Department…” he added.

Earlier, the MP for Ningo-Prampram had promised to get to the bottom of the situation to ensure that anyone involved in the ballot-pulling plan was dealt with.

He told Accra-based Citi FM that the house’s executives are yet to sit down on the issue, but with the new video he suspects it was a big plan on the part of the nuclear power plant.

“The leadership will come together and a decision will be made. There were cameras in the house and everyone saw what had happened. Was Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu an accessory? Did he ask someone to make way for Carlos Ahenkorah? We have time for all of this and a decision will be made, ”he noted.