{"id":228934,"date":"2016-07-08T06:05:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T06:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=228934"},"modified":"2016-07-08T06:05:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T06:05:37","slug":"attempts-to-impeach-mahama-over-ford-saga-useless-inusah-fuseini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/attempts-to-impeach-mahama-over-ford-saga-useless-inusah-fuseini\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempts to impeach Mahama over Ford saga useless – Inusah Fuseini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any moves by the Minority in Parliament to impeach President John Mahama over the Ford Expedition saga will be an exercises in futility, a senior Member of the Majority in Parliament has said.<\/p>\n

Describing the attempts as \u201cuseless and fruitless\u201d the MP for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, said the minority should instead be concentrating on the November elections.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”khq5KwduogGaMfTFi81vvUXHF63CzpRl”]\u201cIt is much ado about nothing…\u00a0They better concentrate on what they can do to win elections than engaging in a useless and fruitless petition against the President or an alleged impeachment against the President which process is even faulty from the start,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Citi News<\/strong> sources in Parliament revealed that the Minority side has started collecting signatures<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs in a bid to have the Speaker of the House open impeachment proceedings against the President or have him investigated.<\/p>\n

By close of work last Friday, at least 50 MPs from the Minority had appended their signatures to a document that may push for either Parliamentary investigation into President John Mahama\u2019s Ford Expedition Saga or impeachment proceedings against the President.<\/p>\n

But Alhaji\u00a0Fuseini, who is also a former Chairman of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in Parliament, maintained that the Minority\u2019s actions would yield no results.<\/p>\n

He further stated that, the Minority should have \u201cengaged more with both sides of the house before they even come public with what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Mahama has been drawing heavy fire since news reports named him as having received a dubious car gift from a Burkinabe Contractor.<\/p>\n

The contractor, Djibril Kanazoe, is on record as having confirmed giving out the car as gift to Mr. Mahama, for which the President called to thank him.<\/p>\n

Media reports have quoted Mr. Kanazoe as saying the gift was a purely friendly gesture and not a dubious token aimed at influencing the Mahama administration to reciprocate by giving him government contracts.<\/p>\n

But anti-corruption campaigners have called for a transparent probe, insisting that the car gift may have been a bribe disguised as a friendly gesture, especially as it came from a man whose company had executed two contracts for the government of Ghana.<\/p>\n

Bribery claims over Ford gift baseless \u2013 Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President has publicly confirmed receipt of the car but\u00a0denies it was a bribe<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0In his defence, the President said he was\u00a0not a fan of American cars<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and that the ford vehicle in question had been put into the pool of\u00a0state cars.<\/p>\n

However, Minority MPs have dismissed the President\u2019s explanations and are pressing for a probe and may even push for his removal from office.<\/p>\n

Majority to stand behind president<\/strong><\/p>\n

Insiders say if the Minority decides to press for a Parliamentary probe; the Majority side may shoot down such a motion given the sheer size of the governing NDC in Parliament.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Agbesi, has already openly warned that the Majority will not\u00a0tolerate any extra constitutional moves<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to investigate the President.<\/p>\n

Can the Minority MPs remove the President?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Minority to succeed in grounding impeachment proceedings against the President, at least one third of MPs in the Ghanaian legislature must sign onto the petition for Mr. Mahama\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, for a President to be removed from office under the 1992 Constitution, at least two third-majority of MPs in Ghana\u2019s 275-member legislature, must vote for a motion calling for the President\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n

Such a vote will be taken only after a five-member committee set up by the Chief Justice indicts the President.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any moves by the Minority in Parliament to impeach President John Mahama over the Ford Expedition saga will be an exercises in futility, a senior Member of the Majority in Parliament has said. Describing the attempts as \u201cuseless and fruitless\u201d the MP for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, said the minority should instead be concentrating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAttempts to impeach Mahama over Ford saga useless - Inusah Fuseini - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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