The Vice Chairman of the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Collins Owusu Amankwah, is considering hauling his colleague Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa before the Privileges Committee of the House.<\/p>\n
He wants Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who is also the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee dragged before the committee over claims that some Ghanaians are fighting for ISIS in Libya.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”EhabuofImL2o2RACnOtfZfkjSAHbA0TP”]Mr. Ablakwa at a press conference earlier this week, called on the government to investigate the alleged participation of some Ghanaians in ISIS activities. He said his information was based on a recent report released <\/a><\/strong><\/span>by the Head of Investigations at the Libyan Attorney General\u2019s office.<\/p>\n But the Manhyia South MP, Mr. Amankwah, said Okudzeto Ablakwa\u2019s comments were unsubstantiated and had the potential of jeopardizing national security.<\/p>\n \u201cIssues they raised were not substantiated. The issues bordered on security matters and security matters are not like Makola or Kejetia matters where you can handle it anyhow. Some of us are considering dragging him to the privileges committee so that henceforth, such matters will be well handled as far as the legislature is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cForeign policy is different from national security. He could talk about it, but not the manner in which he did. We need to double-check such facts before we put it out there to create unnecessary tension and create fear and panic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He added that, \u201cNot everything must be put before the public especially when it borders on defense and security\u2026 The port of call must be through the national security or ministry of interior\u2026 What is his motivation in the first place?\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa insists that the Minority in Parliament did no wrong in bringing the matter up in public. He said if for anything at all, the minority deserve commendation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for exposing the report to the public.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought that the Minority would be commended that we are being diligent and that we are following [the matter]. As ranking member of the Foreign Affairs committee, I\u2019m not supposed to just be cocooned within the Ghanaian space and follow only what the Ghanaian media has talked about,\u201d Ablakwa said on\u00a0Eyewitness News\u00a0<\/strong>on Thursday.<\/p>\n