The Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament has attributed the controversies surrounding the ongoing ministerial vetting process to ignoring long-standing practices that have guided the work of the Appointment Committee over the years.
Patricia Appiagyei expressed concern that the committee's new leadership has failed to adhere to established norms, leading to misunderstandings and inefficiencies. "Currently, we are undertaking the vetting of the President's nominees for the various sectors, and we've had a number of issues-not because of partisanship, but because both of the leadership on the committee now are totally new," she said in an interview on PM Express on Joy News on Wednesday. "The Chair of the committee has never been on the committee, and then the Ranking Member has never been on the committee.
And these are some of the things that we need to iron out." Madam Appiagyei noted that previous Appointment Committees followed well-established practices, but these have been disregarded, creating confusion in the vetting process. "There are rules, or I should say, by practice, what we do.
The Appointment Committee that has been there over the years had certain practices, which are not being followed now. "Because we are masters of our own rules, we can determine to vary them, but the variations now are causing problems," she explained.
