“We are a satisfied Minority” – Haruna Iddrisu speaks on failed vote of censure on Ofori-Atta

The Minority Leader of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has reacted to the outcome of the vote of censure he led against the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta.

According to him, despite the outcome his side is a satisfied minority.

That he said was because they have done what was expected of them as a minority.

“We are a satisfied minority that at least we have done what the Ghanaian people expected to do within the limitation of our number,” he said.

Mr Iddrisu made the comment on GhanaTonight on Thursday, December 8, monitored by GhanaPlus.com.

Ken Ofori-Atta survives vote of censure

A motion of censure filed by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and seconded by the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed, seeking the removal of the Minister of Finance failed on Thursday, December 8, when the Majority Caucus staged a walk out during voting.

3news.com report, the motion failed to obtain the constitutional two-thirds of membership of the House due to decision by the Majority.

“After the secret balloting, done in the absence of the Majority Members (MPs), who staged a walkout to have nothing to do with the motion, 136 NDC MPs voted while there were no abstentions nor ‘No’ votes.

“The vote is accordingly lost,” Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin stated,” 3news.com reported.

Haruna Iddrisu moves a Vote of Censure on Ofori-Atta

Mr Haruna Iddrisu and the Minority in Parliament on October 25, filed a motion of vote of censure on Mr Ken Ofori-Atta to remove him from office as Ghana’s Finance Minister.

They among other things accused him of of despicable conflict of interest, unconstitutional withdrawal from the consolidated fund, illegal payment of oil revenue into offshore accounts, deliberate and dishonest misrepresentation of economic figures to Parliament, fiscal recklessness leading to the crash of the Ghana Cedi, alarming incompetence and frightening ineptitude as well as gross mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy as their reasons.

The Minister subsequently on November 18 appeared before a 8-member Ad-hoc Committee set by the Speaker of Parliament to answer questions on the allegations brought against him by the Minority.

The committee was to give him a fair hearing and also respond to all allegations made against him by the Minority.

Source: GhanaPlus.com