The governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has called the Minority Caucus in Parliament’s proposal to censure Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta “ill-motivated and self-serving.”
As part of the Minority’s effort to oust the Finance Minister owing to economic mismanagement and widespread misery among the public, a resolution is anticipated to be filed on November 10, 2022.
The NPP General Secretary issued a directive on November 9, 2022, asking all NPP MPs to abstain from the aforementioned vote. It is unclear whether voting against something or abstaining from voting means that you are not participating in the process.
“It is worth noting that when similar calls were made for the head of Mr. Seth Terpker, the then Minister for Finance during the socio-economic turbulence under the erstwhile Mahama administration in 2015, the NDC-led Majority Caucus objected to those calls and rose to the defense of Mr. Terkper, a clear indication that the NDC lacks credibility on this matter.
“Accordingly, neither the NPP nor its Members of Parliament will lend support to this mischievous move by the NDC legislators as it is one of their many ill-motivated and self-serving but unpatriotic moves to sabotage the NPP government and frustrate the administration of the country,” the statement added.
However, the party reaffirmed that it was mindful of the current economic difficulties and was hopeful that steps being taken to improve the situation would soon produce results.
Below is a news release from the NPP’s General Secretary asking their MPs to abstain from the voting process.
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