Censure motion against Ofori-Atta smacks of mischief, it's political; we won't support it - Afenyo-Markin | 3News.com

Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said the motion of censure filed by the Minority for the removal of the was a political agenda of the (NDC).

His come after the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said that the motion  will fail if they don’t get the cooperation from the Majority side.

Mr Iddrisu who is also Member of Parliament for Tamale North said he is aware the Minority does not have the numbers to push their motion through.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament, he said after calling for a secret ballot on the motion that “if they cooperate we will be successful, if they don’t cooperate our exercise will not succeed.”

But responding to him, Mr Afenyo-Markin who is also lawmaker for Effutu said “This censure motion has already failed, who told you are going to get any support from [our] side

Mr Ofori-Atta told the committee hearing on Friday November 18 that the proponents’ allegations do not have “weight for censure.”

On the allegation of deliberate misreporting of economic data to Parliament, he said it is completely not true.