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General News on Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-02-13
Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central
Parliament's Privileges Committee recommended that the House suspend or reprimand Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong for insulting Parliament.
In its report following hearings on Kennedy Agyapong's conduct in Anas Aremeyaw Anas documentary No. 12 on corruption in Ghanaian football, the Committee declared the Frankly-Guilty Member guilty of contempt .
In 2018, the Privilege Committee investigated Mr. Agyapong after he described Parliament as "useless" and allegedly insulted the leader of the majority, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu.
The investigation was conducted as a result of a petition filed by the chief bad of the minority, Muntaka Mubarak.
Subsequently, Kennedy Agyapong called Muntaka Mubarak dumb for referring to the Parliamentary Privilege Committee about the alleged insult.
Agyapong is then excused.
The committee's report indicated that it did not consider the deportation a punishment for Kennedy Agyapong because of the apology, but said: "The Committee was, however, in favor of a reprimand or suspension after lengthy deliberation".
The report says that there was a split vote when voting on the opportunity to reprimand the deputy or suspend him.
"Given the division of the vote, the Committee recommends that the House determine which of the two sanctions will be imposed on the Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong. "
Ken Agyapong was again referred to the Privilege Committee
The deputy of Assin Central was again referred to the Privilege Committee for allegedly inciting violence against an investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, during the heat of the talk number 12.
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.
In that case, the chief minority bad, Muntaka Mubarak, who was at the origin of his colleague's previous invitation to the Committee, invited the Speaker to refer the legislator to the Privileges Committee for that he comment on the murdered investigator of TigerEye PI, Ahmed Suale, for several months. before his death.
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