Parliamentary vetting processes are often intense, but the recent Appointments Committee sittings on January 30 and 31 took an unexpected turn when tensions escalated.
The disruptions, which saw members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashing with their counterparts in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), raised eyebrows across the country.
Now, the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Kofi Okyere Baafi, has shed light on the strategy behind their actions.
Speaking during an engagement with his constituents, Baafi admitted that their decision to disrupt the proceedings was deliberate, driven by their numerical disadvantage in the committee.
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“And because we were few, there were only seven members of the caucus there, and so the only way out for us was to leave the place, and if we had left, people wouldn’t have known Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa was there because they were going to vet him that night.
“So all the questions that we asked, we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to ask the questions in the morning. So you have to understand us.
“The only way out for us was to stay and make the place ungovernable because if we had exited, they would go on because they had the numbers, and so understand us. I apologise unreservedly.”
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