Commentary by Aisha Huang: A minority will table a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister

General News of Saturday, April 20, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-04-20

The minority in the parliament has threatened to censor the prime minister Yaw Osafo Maafo for his justification of the Akufo Addo government's decision to expel the Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang and not to pursue it.

Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo was heard in a video widely broadcast at a public meeting abroad, saying that it was not in Ghana 's interest to do imprison Aisha Huang in Ghana for illegal exploitation, where she allegedly committed the crime in connivance with several others.

"We have very good relations with China. Today, the main company contributing to the development of the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese company. It is the one that will help us deal with our bauxite and provide us with about $ 2 billion. "

"So when there is this kind of arrangement, there are other things behind the scenes. Putting this lady (Aisha) in prison in Ghana will not solve your economic problems. It's not going to make you happy or happy, it's not important, the most important thing is that she was expelled from Ghana … "

"… I say that there are many other things besides what we see in these questions and that everyone is awake, the most important is that we have forbidden this, that we have established regulations and protect our environment. It's much more important than a Chinese woman who has been expelled from the country. "

In an interview with Inusah Fuseini, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution and Legal Affairs, he said that the Prime Minister's comments are regrettable and embarrbading, which is why he must be punished.

"You can not violate our laws with impunity, the fact that the Prime Minister has deemed it necessary and appropriate to say that, according to him, the country needs the expulsion of Aisha Huang and not to punishing her according to the laws of the land can only be described as a very unhappy statement.

"I have reviewed the constitution and by-law, I wondered if it was not an appropriate case of ministerial censorship, because the minister has clearly not only embarrbaded the country but also demonstrated that he can break his laws. with impunity. We must not encourage any minister, not even the president, to break the laws of this country with impunity. "