{"id":336287,"date":"2017-07-13T16:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336287"},"modified":"2017-07-13T16:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:38:23","slug":"casely-hayford-cited-for-possible-contempt-of-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/casely-hayford-cited-for-possible-contempt-of-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Casely-Hayford cited for possible contempt of Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford is likely to be in hot waters as he has been cited for a possible contempt of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Casely-Hayford who is noted for his frankness on topical issues, is reported to have said Members of Ghana\u2019s Parliament make \u201cstupid decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Casely-Hayford who is also a financial analyst is further reported to have said at a summit on &#8220;The Economic and Political Rise of Africa\u201d that Ghana would have been better off without Parliament and if given the chance he will \u201cbreak down&#8221; the law-making house and turn it into a tourist site.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;05uXNJ1tPUS3yPzxVfBGpDkr9rLvNwpa&#8221;]\u201cThese people are sitting there, spending money like crazy, making stupid decisions, and passing stupid laws. They don\u2019t read the papers that they are given, they don\u2019t think through what the challenges are\u2026The first thing I will do if I had the opportunity is to break down parliament. We don\u2019t need it. Maybe if we break it down we are wasting money but maybe we can use it as a tourist attraction, we can say, this is what we used to do in the past, so come for a tour and then we should just poster it all so people can see,\u201d he reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Unhappy about Casely-Hayford\u2019s comments, the Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak on Thursday called on the Speaker of the House to haul the anti-corruption campaigner before the House to justify the claims.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Wusu who chaired the session referred the matter to the leadership of the House for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a news report with caption: Ghanaian MPs only make stupid decisions and pass stupid laws by Sydney Casely-Hayford. Mr. Speaker in the said story the gentleman by name Mr. Sydney Casely-Hayford is reported and there is an accompanying video to the story where he is seen and heard making comments that affronts the dignity of this honourable House. Mr. Speaker not only are his comments an attack on the integrity of all members of Parliament, past and present but if one were to stretch it, it even borders on promoting \u00a0hatred and vandalism when he talks about breaking down parliament. Mr. Speaker we have a duty to defend and honour the integrity of this House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Speaker if this nation cannot honour Members of Parliament, then we must not sit down for people to abuse both past and present members of Parliament who have and or are working tirelessly or striving for the best interest of the ordinary Ghanaians. The gentleman has indicted all of us here and those before us,\u201d Ras Mubarak added.<\/p>\n<p>Ras Mubarak further argued that if Casely-Hayford\u2019s claims are swept under the carpet, \u201cit will set a very bad precedent and create more room for people to impugn the reputation of members of this house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Mr. Speaker I wish therefore to call on this honourable house to call the gentleman to appear before the house to answer contempt charges,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persons cited for contempt of Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parliament has in the past hauled several persons including radio personality, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/25\/parliament-to-blakk-rasta-go-and-sin-no-more\/\"><strong>Blakk Rasta<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/29\/graphic-reporter-guilty-of-contempt-of-parliament\/\"><strong>Mark Anthony<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Vinorkor, a Daily Graphic reporter for contempt of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Alex Dodoo, a lecturer at the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Ghana was also summoned to appear before Privileges Committee for allegedly attacking members of Parliament (MPs) over a suspended Ebola vaccine trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford is likely to be in hot waters as he has been cited for a possible contempt of Parliament. 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