{"id":224572,"date":"2016-06-22T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T12:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224572"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:44:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T12:44:55","slug":"mahama-must-speak-on-100000-car-gift-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/mahama-must-speak-on-100000-car-gift-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama must speak on $100,000 car gift – NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding that the President speaks on the $ 100,000 Ford Expedition car gift, allegedly given to him by a Burkinabe contractor to influence him.<\/p>\n
The NPP said the President’s long silence on the matter is worrying.<\/p>\n
Although the Ministry of Communications, few days\u00a0after the news broke, issued a statement admitting that government indeed received the gift from the contractor, President Mahama is yet to officially respond to allegations leveled against him.<\/p>\n
Addressing a news conference in Accra, acting National Chairman of the party, Freddie Blay, said the President’s conduct violates the country’s constitution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now being told that when it comes to matters of corruption and integrity, there must be one law for President Mahama and his Ministers and staffers on one hand, and another law for everybody else in the country.The President who is directly involved in this bribery allegation, has refused to speak or has not yet spoken on the matter, choosing instead to let his spokesperson speak. Our message is simple, and the message is Mr. President please speak in your defence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parliament must<\/b>\u00a0probe Burkinabe contractor<\/strong><\/p>\n The party is also requesting for a parliamentary probe into all contracts awarded the contractor .<\/p>\n The NPP’s demands come days after the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) indicated that it will drag President Mahama<\/strong><\/span><\/a> before the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the matter.<\/p>\n