{"id":306537,"date":"2017-03-30T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306537"},"modified":"2017-03-30T19:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:33:18","slug":"ayariga-in-contempt-of-parliament-joe-ghartey-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/ayariga-in-contempt-of-parliament-joe-ghartey-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayariga in contempt of Parliament – Joe Ghartey committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee.<\/p>\n
The five member Joe Ghartey committee concluded that “Mr. Mahama Ayariga is in Contempt of Parliament on the strength of Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Committee’s report, which was laid before Parliament yesterday [Wednesday] also recommended that Mr. Ayariga be reprimanded by the Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n
The report said, “the committee having established a case of contempt against Mr. Mahama Ayariga as well as having examined the sanctions regime available, recommends to the House\u2026 that the Hon Member for Bawku Central, Mr. Mahama Ayariga, be reprimanded by the Rt. Hon. Speaker in accordance with section 35 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300).”<\/p>\n
The report further recommended that Mr. Ayariga renders an unqualified apology to the House, explaining that this would purge him of contempt.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The Railways Development Minister, also former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey, was tasked to lead\u00a0the five-member committee<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0approved by Parliament, to investigate the bribery scandal.<\/p>\n