Ken Agyapong must be suspended; he will lose his immunity – Muntaka

General News on Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Source: Citinewsroom.com

2019-01-30

The chief minority bad, Muntaka Mubarak, wants Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong to be suspended from Parliament for the remainder of the session.

According to the Member of Parliament for Asawase, he will argue in favor of this sanction when he will appear before the Privileges Committee to defend his colleague from contempt of Parliament.

This follows a near-controversy between the two legislators in the House Wednesday on a case referred to the Committee Privileges. The open confrontation follows the latest lawsuit filed before the Asawase MP's Privilege Committee against Kennedy Agyapong, following comments that he had held months before the investigator's badbadination. of Tiger Eye PI, Ahmed Suale.

But speaking to Citi News, Muntaka Mubarak and his parliamentary colleague must be treated accordingly.

"In my opinion and in prayer, he [Kennedy Agyapong] should be sanctioned for the rest of the session which is all year. Because he is sanctioned and suspended for the rest of the session, he will lose his immunity. "

Agyapong almost exchanged hits with Muntaka for dragging him to the rank of privileges

Visibly frustrated lawmakers insulted each other freely, prevented by other members from approaching each other.

Kennedy was really angry and had some words impossible to express for Muntaka Mubarak because he is pursuing a lawsuit against him.

In the video, he (Ken Agyapong) told his parliamentary colleague that he would take care of him, which earned him the answer: "I'm ready for you".

After this exchange, Ken asked why Muntaka had been fired while he was a minister, after which parliamentarians pulled him out of the room.

Agyapong said his anger was at the heart of a similar confrontation with the Ningo-Prampram MP, Sam George, in September 2018, at the height of controversy surrounding the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) project.

The Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday deferred to the House Privileges Committee a contempt of Parliament case brought by Ken Agyapong by Muntaka Mubarak.

Muntaka Mubarak called on the President to refer the MP to the Privileges Committee for his comments on the murdered Tiger Eye investigator, Ahmed Suale, several months before his death.

It was after a press conference had asked the police, at a press conference, to arrest the deputy of Central Assin as a key suspect in this case.

Ahmed was reportedly killed in broad daylight by two men on a motorcycle, while leaving for his home late January 16, 2019 in Madina, a suburb of Accra.

Kennedy Agyapong was criticized for allegedly instigating violence against Suale during the heat of the # 12 expose revealing deep corruption in Ghanaian football.

But Kennedy Agyapong claimed that he had nothing to do with the journalist's death.

"That's what I said. This boy is not relevant for my life. This boy is irrelevant to my life. Why should I be stupid and order people to kill him by looking to where God has brought me? He did not offend me in any way. They should look for those who might be behind this heinous act. It's just cheap propaganda.

This is the second time that Kennedy Agyapong has been dragged before the committee in recent times for comments deemed detrimental to Parliament's reputation.

The leader of the majority, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, for his part, did not oppose the call for the case to be referred to the Privileges Committee.

Ahmed Suale was shot twice in the chest and once on the neck by two armed men on a motorcycle in Madina, who killed him instantly.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) later interviewed some people; including Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, and former GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.