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Kennedy Agyapong (right) with his lawyers, Alex Afenyo-Markin and KT Hammond
The Privileges Committee hearing contempt cases against Assin's Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, adjourned yesterday his sitting indefinitely following an objection
Attorney for the Deputy of Assin Central, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, and KT. Hammond, drew the committee's attention to a letter signed by three members of the Committee, who expressed their intention to recuse themselves because of their special relationship with the defiant, Mr. Agyapong
The three deputies of the Central region, Cynthia Morrison, MP for Agona West; Naana Eyiah, MP for Gomoa Central and Samuel Nsowa-Djan, MP for Upper Denkyira West, argued under Rule 164 (4) that "the defiant respondent is the chair of the caucus from Central Region and we all have a close relationship with. We are therefore unable to perform our duties without partiality.
The question of the three members of the Privilege Committee, who formally wrote to the committee, became contentious, which resulted in the adjournment of the proceedings.
NPP, they can not take part in the proceedings because their judgment may be affected by their relationship with the respondent, who is the president of the Central Regional Caucus.
Initially, one of Mr. Agyapong's lawyers, Alex Afenyo-Markin, who is also the deputy of Effutu, who had strongly argued for the case of contempt his client be set aside because the motion, which was moved by the Minority Chief Whip and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka,
He said that the motion on a quasi-criminal case presented by the The chief bad of the minority should have been seconded, but none of the members who commented on the motion did, and therefore the motion was flawed. 659003] Mr. Afenyo-Markin also pleaded with the members of the panel that they would not collect any testimony from the witness, Mubarak Muntaka, because he had made prejudicial comments about it in the media even before that the committee opens its proceedings
. the lawyers concerning the irregularity of the motion and the prejudicial comments of the witness and certain members of the committee were rejected by the chairman of the committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, who is also the first vice-president
. The respondent, KT Hammond, who is also the Adansi / Asokwa MP, said it was important that the chairman of the committee critically review the letter written by the three MPs from the region. of the Center.
"The Standing Orders give them the power to recuse themselves and when it is formally communicated to the chair of the committee, they must also communicate it to the Speaker who, in turn, informs the Majority Leader that new people will be appointed to replace them on the committee.
The chair of the committee first objected to the reconstitution of the committee because of the decision of the three members, saying that the clerk of the committee had not informed them of the letter.
However, when copies of the letter were produced by said committee members and the respondent's counsel, the chairman consulted his vice, Andrew Mercer, and decided to continue the study of the letter and make the rec
The Chairman of the Privileges Committee then adjourned the proceedings for an indefinite period.
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