{"id":8252,"date":"2018-06-06T19:57:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2018-06-06T19:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:57:20","slug":"ken-agyapong-to-face-privileges-cttee-for-insulting-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8252","title":{"rendered":"Ken Agyapong to face Privileges C\u2019ttee for \u2018insulting\u2019 Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8253\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Joe-Osei-Owusu1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Joe-Osei-Owusu1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Joe-Osei-Owusu1-410x218.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Joe-Osei-Owusu1-310x165.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parliament has summoned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong before the Privileges Committee.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a motion brought before the speaker by Minority Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, on comments allegedly made by Kennedy Agyapong about the Majority leader and Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Agyapong is reported to have described the House as \u201cuseless\u201d for having Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu as its Majority leader.<\/p>\n<p>The MPs on both sides of the aisle agreed to the request to haul Kennedy Agyapong before the Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Muntaka Mubarak stated that he had in his possession, a recording of Ken Agyapong\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the video and a lot of publication to have referred to Parliament as useless. Mr Speaker, I have the tape here, our colleague is referring to this House as useless. If I am to paraphrase, \u2018if this house is not useless, we will not have the likes of Osei Mensah Bonsu to be its leader\u2019, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei Wusu said if indeed Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong made such utterances then he has breached the law and needs to be brought before the House.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_407642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-407642 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kennedy-Agyapong.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kennedy-Agyapong.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kennedy-Agyapong-300x183.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kennedy Agyapong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf indeed he uttered those words, they are clearly against order 28 and\u00a0order 30 rule 2. I direct that\u00a0Mr Kennedy Agyapong, MP for Assin Central Agyapong appears before the Privileges Committee for the committee to determine\u00a0whether indeed he utter those words which are attributed to him and also recommend the appropriate\u00a0sanction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Majority Leader in Parliament,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/05\/kennedy-agyapongs-attacks-on-anas-regretable-majority-leader\/\"><strong>Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu<\/strong><\/a>, criticised the\u00a0Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, for his tirades directed at the investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0<strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, he described Kennedy Agyapong\u2019s scathing verbal attacks against Anas as \u201cregrettable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you question his methods, does that mean you should launch a personal blistering attack on the person? Stating emphatically that he is corrupt and so on and so forth. We should be careful, especially us as Members of Parliament,\u201d\u00a0Mr Kyei Mensah-Bonsu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Citinewstoom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament has summoned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong before the Privileges Committee. This follows a motion brought before the speaker by Minority Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, on comments allegedly made by Kennedy Agyapong about the Majority leader and Parliament. Kennedy Agyapong is reported to have described the House as \u201cuseless\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ken Agyapong to face Privileges C\u2019ttee for \u2018insulting\u2019 Parliament - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8252\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ken Agyapong to face Privileges C\u2019ttee for \u2018insulting\u2019 Parliament - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parliament has summoned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong before the Privileges Committee. 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