The Minority Leader of Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin issued a caution to First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, , amid discussions in Parliament concerning the arrest and detention of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
During his submission on the floor of Parliament at the time of Wontumi's arrest, Afenyo-Markin criticised what he described as the biased and capricious conduct of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), warning against the selective persecution of political opponents.
He urged the Deputy Speaker, who was presiding at the time, to stand firm and allow Parliament to exercise its mandate in ensuring rightful accountability, rather than permitting perceived political witch-hunts. "Mr Speaker never should it happen to any politician that you will be leaving office and you start getting worried that what will happen to me tomorrow.
We should freely save our country.
