Musician and former radio presenter at Hitz FM, Blakk Rasta has apologized to Parliament for the second time after he alleged that about 80 percent of Ghanaian MPs smoke Marijuana (Wee).
His comments provoked the MPs who summoned him before Parliament’s Privileges Committee.
[contextly_sidebar id=”zCLnGGWXiQPgjwqNdcKT8urvQbzAvVtf”]Though Blakk Rasta apologised for his comment, on Friday the Privileges Committee hauled him to the bar of Parliament and asked him to apologise again in front of the whole House.
Blakk Rasta, while apologising, said he could receive slaps from the MPs to show how sorry he was.
“I would like to say that if there was an art to read the mind construction on the face, you would have known how my face is bleeding by now because this is not what I stand for. I stand for development. All I want is to say is that very honestly, if I could take a slap from everybody here I will be willing do it. I am very sorry for those utterances, I have never stood for anything like that and unequivocally… I am very sorry,” he said.
After his apology, the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho asked Blakk Rasta to “go and sin no more,” saying “we shall be watching you.”
How the story unfolded:
June 18, 2015: Parliament summons Blakk Rasta for alleging that about 80% or more of Ghana’s legislators “might have used marijuana before or are using it.”
June 22, 2015: Parliament officially invites Blakk Rasta in a letter signed by Ebenezer Ahumah Djietotror, Principal Assistant Clerk of the Privileges Committee.
– Editor of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, Ken Kuranchie was also invited to Parliament’ Privileges Committee for publishing Blakk Rasta’s claims in his newspaper.
June 24, 2015: Deputy Ranking Member of the Committee Nana Amoako assured that they will be fair to Blakk Rasta.
June 25, 2015: Blakk Rasta apologised to Members of Parliament saying his comments came in “on the spur of the moment” and on heat.
June 28, 2015: Reggae musician and radio host, Blakk Rasta is apparently not out of the woods yet, after Deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Agbesi hinted that Parliament is likely to punish him despite an apology from him.
July 6, 2015: Controversial radio personality Blakk Rasta resigned from Hitz FM after eight years with the station saying he felt betrayed by his employers.
– On that same day, self acclaimed dance hall king, Shatta Wale has taken to social media to mock controversial radio personality Blakk Rasta for quitting his job at Hitz FM.
Shatta called him a liar for making unsubstantiated claims on his show, Taxi Driver.
July 24, 2015:Blakk Rasta was hauled before the Bar of Parliament to apologise again before he was pardoned.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana