‘He put up a spirited performance to keep his job’ – Ablakwa ‘shades’ Ken Agyapong? - www.asempanews.com

Ablakwa’s social media post was centred on the issue of three New Patriotic Party, NPP, lawmakers who were referred to the Privileges Committee to explain the circumstances surrounding their absence from the House for more than 15 consecutive sittings.

Two of the accused persons appeared before the Committee – Kennedy Agyapong (Assin Central) and Henry Quartey (Ayawaso Central) while Adwoa Safo of Dome-Kwabenya failed to appear despite numerous opportunities including appearing on virtual platforms.

“It is interesting to observe that one of the male MPs who initially went to town with much blabbing and bluster that my research had done him a favour as he would be more than happy to vacate Parliament was rather the MP who apparently put up the most spirited and somewhat convincing performance at the Privileges Committee in a determined effort to keep his job as MP.

The two male MPs were Ken Agyapong and Henry Quartey and it was the former, who months back called the bluff of Ablakwa, who had at the time threatened to report the trio to the Speaker because his checks showed that they had breached the rules of the House.

In February this year, Agyapong said on a radio programme: “Privileges Committee, Ablakwa claims I have absented myself for 15 days, I have my medical records so I don’t want to answer to them

In April 2022, Speaker Bagbin referred the three MPs to the Committee, following a petition filed by a former lawmaker, Ras Mubarak.

The Committee recently presented their report stating that the two MPs who appeared should be pardoned because they had given good explanations to the Committee, they were, however, at variance on the issue of Adwoa Safo.