Gradually, the floor of Parliament is becoming a retaliation grounds for some members serving on the Vetting Committee to repay certain designated ministers who appear before them.
The trend, if not nipped in the bud in its early stages, would make the vetting exercise a fruitless one, Mr. Charles Owusu has observed.
Speaking on ATV, Mr. Owusu explained that he expects members serving on the Vetting Committee of parliament; to ask the nominees for the various ministerial portfolios relevant questions, instead of engaging them in an unbeneficial vindictive exercise.
Mr. Charles Owusu noted that certain members on the Vetting Committee have issues with some of the nominees they vet and consider the opportunity they have to question them, as an opportunity to retaliate.
“The Vetting Committee members are working for Ghanaians and not themselves. I expect them to think about the larger audience and not to embark on a personal retaliation exercise…some of the questions some of them ask are irrelevant. It is like ‘you do me, I do you type’. I am yet to understand some of the questions some of them have asked”, he said.
Senior minister-designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo, had to apologize to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa after passing an unparliamentarily remark concerning a question he was asked.
In answering a question from the former deputy education minister regarding the Chinese New Techniques Construction Investment Company (CNTCI), the International Finance Corporation loans and the McMillan Text Book printing saga, Yaw Osafo Marfo dismissed the latter as infantile stating that: “I think you were too young at the time to read the matter.”
He latter withdrew the statement and apologized at the command of the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu.
“I withdraw that statement with apology,” he said.
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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its so sad. they must put Ghana interest first.than to ask retaliation questions.One could observe from Honurable Hurruna of his anxiousness to ask questions which will push the nominees to the conner.its not good.just accept and forget your defeat NDC
see this charles owusu too? u want them to be asking: can u cook? kinda questions? which questions are irrelevant? npp mole in ppp, have u ever campaigned for papa kwesi nduom before? anytime u go on radio all u do is talk npp talk..ctfu
Some members of the Committee in an attempt to ask questions to embarrass the nominees end up embarrassing themselves. The Chairman of the committee must put his foot down. The fact that you have previously served on the oommittee does not give you the right to ask irrelevant questions.
who is charles owusu? our reporters must give relevant details
Ruuuuooobish. What is this? The people sitting there are not sitting in their own capacities but on behalf of the people so allow them to ask their questions and stop answering probing questions on behalf od your party crooks. Where from this ***barred word*** man too who has come to sit there and is frustrating right thinking people from asking questions. Ghanaians, change has come