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The civil society group, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), asked President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, "for wrongdoing declared contrary Ghana's procurement laws, abuse of power and corruption. "
ASEPA claims that Professor Ocquaye has unilaterally forced Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to release funds for the controversial 450-seat parliamentary badembly and has chosen an architect to continue the project while the Parliament has not yet. He had not closed the discussions on this subject.
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Mensah Thompson, executive director of ASEPA, said he had asked the president to dismiss the president "for violation of the country's procurement procedures and for abuse of power and allegations of reprehensible practices ".
Drop this room
Parliament abandoned Monday plans to build a new enlarged chamber after a week of public opposition.
A statement confirming the decision to discontinue the project indicated that "the [Parliamentary Services] The Council, after reviewing the comments made by well-meaning Ghanaians, has therefore withdrawn from its current program the development of the new block of rooms. "
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A representative sample of Ghanaians expressed their anger over the local media and social media – with the hashtag "Drop this chamber" – at the chamber's proposal, which would cost $ 200 million.
In the petition to revoke the president, ASEPA asked, "Why did the Speaker of Parliament start producing drawings without a competitive bidding process and without approvals?" Public Procurement Officer in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property? Mr. President, at the discretion of the President, has the Ministry of Finance also allocated budget appropriations for the construction of this new chamber and why has money been expended for the project, which has now been suspended following a huge public outcry?
The petition signed by Mr. Thompson further stated: "Mr. Speaker, as a public accountability group, we have no doubt about the evidence available in this new chamber saga that the Speaker of Parliament, the Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, acted in bad faith, did not conduct extensive consultations on a capital-intensive project, which has now resulted in a loss of money by the state following the suspension of the project and also Breaches our public procurement laws by hand-selecting an architect to design the prototype of the new room without any bidding process. "
Read the complete petition below.
REQUEST FOR REFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF DISPLAY OF THE DISPUTE AGAINST GOVERNMENT LAWS OF GHANA, ABUSE OF POWER AND CORRUPTION.
Mr President, I am writing to you as a Ghanaian citizen enjoying the full rights under Article 4 of the 1992 Constitution to invoke the powers conferred by the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana to revoke the right to freedom of expression. current Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, for violating human rights. Procedures for the award of public contracts in that country and alleged abuse of power and professional misconduct.
Mr. Speaker, as Speaker of the Parliamentary Services Council, the Speaker of Parliament, without the necessary approvals from Parliament and the Procurement Officer, has begun the process of building the new chamber, independently Finance to allocate budget appropriates chosen by hand an architect to produce the plans of the now infamous new House of Parliament (a project that your top office has now requested to suspend).
According to the leader of the minority, a member of the Council of Parliamentary Services, discussions on the construction of this new project have not been conclusive at the level of the Council of Parliamentary Services.
So if, in fact, the discussions had not been finalized at committee level and if they had not also started in Parliament,
Why has the Speaker of Parliament unilaterally written to your honorable office to invite you to an inauguration ceremony during the last week of June 2019?
Why did the President of Parliament begin production of the untendered designs and necessary approvals of the Procurement Officer, in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property?
Mr. Speaker, at the discretion of the President, has the Ministry of Finance also allocated funds for the construction of this new chamber and why has money been expended for the project, which has now been suspended following a public outcry?
Mr. Speaker, as a public accountability group, we have no doubt about the evidence available in this new chamber saga that the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, acted in bad faith and had not conducted extensive consultations in the context of a capital-intensive project. , which has now resulted in a loss of money for the state as a result of the suspension of the project and also violated our public procurement laws by hand-picking an architect to design the prototype of the new untendered room .
Mr President, we believe that this constitutes an alleged misconduct and abuse of power and constitutes sufficient grounds for dismissing the President of the Presidency in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.
Mr President, we believe that the position of our Constitution is clear: in such petitions, the President should act only as a treadmill to transmit the petition to the appropriate entity to sit and determine the validity of the motive for it. such invocations. We therefore think that your high office will act accordingly, since several requests invoking the jurisdiction of section 146 are still on your desk pending the necessary transfers.
We believe that this is a blatant violation of our Constitution, which you swore on 7 January 2017, Mr. President, to protect and defend, and our Constitution is very clear on the consequences of the violation of the oath of office.
We look forward to providing additional material evidence when we are called.
Sign:
Mensah Thompson
Executive Director, ASEPA
0542120628
cc:
Privileges Committee, Parliament
CHRAJ
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