Despite issuing an apology to Parliament’s Privileges Committee after he was summoned before it, Mark Anthony Vinorkor, a reporter for the Daily Graphic, has been found guilty of contempt and ordered to appear before the House to issue another apology.
The Committee also upheld the revocation of his accreditation to work in Parliament and has ordered him to sign a bond of good behaviour.
[contextly_sidebar id=”hgcZ99W0fCS2A8IbXLVc2vLclBff6U34″]”The Committee having carefully considered the totality of the evidence and especially the honest admission made by Mr. Mark Anthony Vinorkor, has concluded that he was indeed in contempt of Parliament.”
Vinorkor was hauled before the Privileges Committee for reporting that Parliament had clandestinely changed two Constitutional Instruments (CIs) which were laid before the house.
His reportage centered on the CI which will regulate the conduct of polls, but was viewed as a misrepresentation of the proceedings by some Members of Parliament (MPs)
In apologizing for his actions, Mark Anthony said: “After my attention was drawn to the fact there were mistakes in those stories I did, I have realized that I cannot justify the content in those articles or those stories I did. I am very sorry, I didn’t mean to put anything out there to suggest that parliament has done anything unconstitutional, he added”
Mark Anthony’s woes begin
Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku reported that, Vinorkor’s story in the Daily Graphic explained that, the two constitutional instruments which were laid in Parliament last Friday “were actually changed clandestinely and replaced with a new one on Monday” so the counting of the 21 days of maturity should rather begin on Monday and not Friday.
He said Members of Parliament especially those from the Minority side were unhappy with the reportage adding that, “the Deputy Minority Leader, Dominic Nitiwul, said the action was a misrepresentation which has dire consequences because no member of Parliament has the right to temper with constitutional instruments that are laid on the floor of the house.”
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By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana