The Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, George Loh is asking anyone unhappy with the work of the Privileges Committee of the House to go to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Loh’s comment comes on the back of accusations by Managing Editor of the Searchlight Newspaper, Kenneth Kuranchie that the Committee’s invitation to persons deemed to have been in contempt of it smacks of intimidation.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Vh7qZ3JFnq1bBefqJicmR8iy2EixYmkR”]Ken Kuranchie who appeared before the Committee last week has written to the Committee Chairman challenging its work and constitutional power to invite suspected conterminous.
Speaking to Citi News however, George Loh who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi said the Supreme Court interpretation might help in the matter.
“Anybody including Ken Kuranchie who feels strongly about this, the law courts are there, the Supreme Court is there for interpretation,” he remarked.
He argued that a little research will indicate that everywhere in the world, every Parliament has a Privileges Committee.
Mr. Loh insisted that “the standard document for all Parliaments in the world talks about privileges…so it is not what we are doing is of our own opinions or ideas.”
“Parliament is an institution which is globally constituted on global principles so you can go and check,” he argued, adding that “Ghana’s Parliament is not doing anything different from what other Parliaments do and of course, we are masters of our own rules.”
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana