{"id":339754,"date":"2017-07-27T06:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=339754"},"modified":"2017-07-27T06:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:07:45","slug":"minority-disgracing-ndc-with-criticism-of-kwabena-donkor-raid-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/minority-disgracing-ndc-with-criticism-of-kwabena-donkor-raid-amidu\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority disgracing NDC with criticism of Kwabena Donkor raid – Amidu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Outspoken former Attorney General, Martin Amidu feels the Minority in Parliament\u2019s reaction to the CID’s Monday raid on the residence of former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, as part of investigations into the controversial AMERI deal, was a slap in the face of the values of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), of which it represents.<\/p>\n
Mr. Amidu, also an NDC member, in reaction to the Minority\u2019s comments on the raid, said he felt ashamed that legislators from his own political party had called the raid, which was backed by a search warrant, unjustified.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”kTyYYKKHl0idrvK34RtS5kj7gvwUTLoG”]He expressed further reservations saying he felt strongly that the Minority’s actions were “against the founding values and principles of the NDC rooted in probity and accountability,” adding that the Minority were creating the impression former ministers were entitled to some\u00a0insurance “against the commission or suspected commission of crimes for which they voted us [the NDC] out of office.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel ashamed that my own political party that is now recognized under the 1992 Constitution, as the official opposition in the current Parliament charged with making laws and being a watch dog for the citizens will call a search warrant issued by a lower court with constitutional and statutory powers to do so as an inadequate defence for searching a citizen of Ghana\u2019s residence simply because he is a fellow Member of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Amidu also expressed contempt for what he called the double standards exhibited by the Minority.<\/p>\n
“…I hate the hypocrisy, double standards and audacity of the Minority in Parliament to unlawfully and unconstitutionally impede the police in the performance of their duties contrary to their very oaths of office as Members of Parliament, simply because of their colleague, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Donkor, is now under suspicion of crime in relation to the stinking AMERI contracts.”<\/p>\n