{"id":25548,"date":"2021-07-16T19:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=25548"},"modified":"2021-07-16T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:18:53","slug":"the-media-is-not-our-enemy-sometimes-we-slip-afenyo-begs-for-kennedy-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=25548","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The media is not our enemy; sometimes we slip\u2019 \u2013 Afenyo begs for Kennedy Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has offered support to Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, who has been referred to Parliament\u2019s Privileges Committee for allegedly threatening the life of a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Mr. Afenyo-Markin, who has served as legal counsel for the Assin Central MP in a similar invitation to the Privileges Committee, described his colleague\u2019s conduct as a slip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe media is not our enemy. We are not enemies to ourselves. Sometimes we slip,\u201d the Deputy Majority leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is important is for us to take steps or remedy, or resolve when these things happen. We are all human,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Afenyo-Markin indicated that Mr. Agyapong has been engaged regarding the incident, adding that \u201cI have received very positive responses from him, and I have no doubt in my mind that steps will be taken to deal with the matter, so there won\u2019t be the need to go into the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, a one-time journalist, made the request on the floor of Parliament for the Assin Central legislator to be referred to Parliament\u2019s Privileges Committee over the threats he made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Suhuyini argued that the threats from Mr. Agyepong, who doubles as the Chairman of the Defence and Interior Committee of the House, on the life of the journalist were a dent in the reputation of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ken fires at Suhuyini<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the reconciliatory words from Mr. Afenyo-Markin, the Assin Central MP has been displaying a lack of contrition with comments he has made on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in an interview on his radio station, Oman FM, Mr. Agyapong said he wasn\u2019t afraid of being expelled from Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2021\/07\/kennedy-agyapong-lambasts-suhuyini-says-he-doesnt-care-if-parliament-expels-him\/\">hurled insults<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;at Mr. Suhuyini who he said was politicising issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs for Suhuyini, the least said about him the better. He goes ahead to drag me before the Privileges Committee? He is a foolish MP. So stupid. Left to him, the country would have burnt to ashes. I am so disappointed in him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Agyapong is under fire for threats he allegedly made against Erastus Asare Donkor, a journalist with Luv FM in Kumasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for the reporter to be beaten following the latter\u2019s testimony before the committee probing the disturbances in Ejura in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother company of Luv FM, Multimedia Group, has petitioned the police over the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Journalists Association has also called out Mr. Agyapong recalling similar comments made by the MP before the killing of Ahmed Suale, an investigator on Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 Tiger-Eye PI team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has offered support to Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, who has been referred to Parliament\u2019s Privileges Committee for allegedly threatening the life of a journalist. 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