{"id":308161,"date":"2017-04-05T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=308161"},"modified":"2017-04-05T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:33:07","slug":"ablakwa-justifies-minority-boycott-of-vetting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/ablakwa-justifies-minority-boycott-of-vetting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa justifies Minority boycott of vetting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Minority on Parliament\u2019s Appointment Committee say they were forced to boycott today\u2019s vetting over the Majority\u2019s decision to &#8220;surprise&#8221; them by holding the vetting in spite of an agreement to go on break today [Wednesday], ahead of Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>&#8216; Duke Mensah-Opoku,\u00a0said the majority was rushing the vetting process, and that is not helping the minority side to carry out its work diligently.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;j6KUuyyFYnCzyFxGyxHh1igMU5ElSH0Y&#8221;]\u201cOur leader, the Minority leader [Haruna Iddrisu] expressed concern that what has been agreed at the Business Committee meeting and at the Appointments Committee meeting was that, we take a break and we will return in May to continue with the vetting of the remaining \u00a0Deputy Minister nominees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has happened is that, the Majority has sought to take us by surprise. Remember that we had expressed concern about the way we were being treated\u2026 We were not being supported to carry out diligent work. CVs will come a night to the day and some of them will come on the day. Everything is being rushed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament is expected to go on recess by Friday, April 7, however the Appointments Committee may continue vetting the remaining 50 deputy ministerial nominees named by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>While reading Parliament\u2019s business statement in Parliament last Friday, the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, noted that the House was to rise on Friday prior to the Easter celebrations, but the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu strongly rejected the move.<\/p>\n<p>Haruna Iddrisu argued that, the recess should begin today [Wednesday], adding that the Appointments Committee could submit its report of the deputy ministers it had screened within the period for Parliament\u2019s approval, but the Majority Leader disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you check the publication that went out, the group that is being vetted this week, they were supposed to be vetted in May so why the rush?\u201d Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Minority on Parliament\u2019s Appointment Committee say they were forced to boycott today\u2019s vetting over the Majority\u2019s decision to &#8220;surprise&#8221; them by holding the vetting in spite of an agreement to go on break today [Wednesday], ahead of Easter. 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