{"id":54038,"date":"2022-11-07T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=54038"},"modified":"2022-11-07T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:33:43","slug":"debate-on-censure-to-remove-finance-minister-ofori-atta-begins-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=54038","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Debate on censure to remove Finance Minister Ofori-Atta begins Thursday<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parliament\u00a0will on\u00a0Thursday, November 10,\u00a02022, begin the debate on\u00a0the motion of censure filed\u00a0by the Minority Leader,\u00a0Haruna Iddrisu, for the\u00a0removal of the Minister of Finance, Ken\u00a0Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenting the Business Statement\u00a0for the week on the floor of Parliament\u00a0last Friday, the Majority Leader, Osei\u00a0Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, said the debate on\u00a0whether the Minister of Finance should\u00a0go or not remained a key feature for the\u00a0week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Motion of Censure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion of censure was filed last&nbsp;week Monday by the Minority Leader,&nbsp;Haruna Iddrisu, for the removal of the&nbsp;Finance Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion is embedded with a&nbsp;seven-point allegation as grounds for&nbsp;the removal of the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the seven-point allegations&nbsp;embedded in the motion are a&nbsp;despicable conflict of interest ensuring&nbsp;that the minister directly benefits from&nbsp;Ghana\u2019s economic woes as his&nbsp;companies receive commissions and&nbsp;other unethical contractual advantage,&nbsp;particularly from Ghana\u2019s debt&nbsp;overhang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the motion alleged an&nbsp;unconstitutional withdrawal from the&nbsp;Consolidated Fund in blatant&nbsp;contravention of Article 178 of the 1992&nbsp;Constitution supposedly for the&nbsp;construction of the National&nbsp;Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, illegal payment of oil&nbsp;revenue into offshore accounts in&nbsp;flagrant violation of Article 176 of the1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Majority\u2019s objection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the motion was filed, the&nbsp;Majority in Parliament has raised a&nbsp;preliminary objection on the motion of&nbsp;censure, saying the full facts needed to&nbsp;be made available to the minister in&nbsp;order not to spring surprises on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Deputy Majority Leader,&nbsp;Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin,&nbsp;who raised the objection, said the&nbsp;manner in which the motion was&nbsp;crafted was unfair to Mr Ofori-Atta,&nbsp;insisting that the full facts needed to be&nbsp;made available to him in order for him&nbsp;to properly appreciate the facts and&nbsp;respond appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article 82<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Article 82 of the 1992&nbsp;Constitution, Parliament may, by are solution supported by the votes of not&nbsp;less than two-thirds of all the members&nbsp;of Parliament, pass a vote of censure on&nbsp;a Minister of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A motion for the resolution referred&nbsp;to in clause (1) of this article shall not be&nbsp;moved in Parliament unless-seven days\u2019&nbsp;notice has been given of the motion;&nbsp;and the notice for the motion has been&nbsp;signed by not less than one-third of all&nbsp;the members of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion shall be debated in&nbsp;Parliament within 14 days after the&nbsp;receipt by the Speaker of the notice for&nbsp;the motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said a total of&nbsp;seven Ministers of State are expected to&nbsp;appear before the House in the course of&nbsp;the week to respond to 46 questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are made up of seven urgent&nbsp;and 72 oral questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>&nbsp;Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? Submit them via our email&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Share this:<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament\u00a0will on\u00a0Thursday, November 10,\u00a02022, begin the debate on\u00a0the motion of censure filed\u00a0by the Minority Leader,\u00a0Haruna Iddrisu, for the\u00a0removal of the Minister of Finance, Ken\u00a0Ofori-Atta. 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