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On Wednesday, Parliament failed to take cognizance of the Privileges Committee's report on allegations of contempt and breach of privilege by Assin Central New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Kennedy Agyapong.
The presentation of the report, which was approved at the meeting last Tuesday and announced for Wednesday, was to allow MPs to make a decision on whether to reprimand or suspend Mr. Agyapong for allegedly making scornful remarks. before Parliament.
The motion to adopt the Privileges Committee on Privilege Violation and Abusive Speech was announced on Wednesday's Order Paper (the list of proceedings of Parliament for the day's sitting).
As a result, a number of journalists, including members of the parliamentary press and others seeking news, stormed the house with their cameras, audio recorders and notebooks. to cover the expected decision to reprimand or suspend Mr. Agyapong in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee of Ministers. privileges
But this wait was in vain since, after having carried out other activities in the House, the President, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, asked the First Vice-President of Parliament and Chairman of the Privileges Committee, Mr. Joseph Osei -Owusu, take the chair. work in the House.
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The panel allegedly found Mr. Agyapong guilty of contempt of court and therefore recommended that he be reprimanded or suspended for the rest of the session for his comments that Parliament is cheap and useless.
Since then, he has apologized at home.
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