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NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South and a member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Samuel Atta Akyea, is asking government to provide a pro forma invoice which spells out the specifics regarding the amount of money to be expended on the acquisition of five jets including an Embraer 190 aircraft meant for the military. He believes the submission of the pro forma invoice to Parliament will end the hullabaloo surrounding the purchase of the 5 aircraft and perhaps silence the Minority who believe the agreement is laced with corruption. ��If you want to buy a gadget and you are trying to fund the money, you are entitled to a pro forma invoice. With this the additional will be understood since it will indicate the various prices. This is simple and it is going to help in resting this matter. We can put this matter to rest if a pro forma invoice is submitted to parliament for everyone to understand�,� he said in an interview with Suhini Alhassan on Radio Gold. However, in a quick rebuttal on the same platform, a Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, described the NPP MP�s statement as an indictment on parliamentarians. To him, Hon. Atta Akyea and his colleagues on the Minority side should have asked for these basics in parliament. �He asking for the basics is an indication that Members of Parliament don�t ask the necessary questions in Parliament. It means�they don�t ask to see the basics�I think this is a self-indictment and the reduction of our politics to a very low partisan level. I am not too sure if this is a request we are going to honour�,� the Deputy Information Minister said.