Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Cassiel Ato Forson has accused the Majority caucus in Parliament of employing a double standard approach in dealing with the plight of Ghanaians.
Speaking to the media in Parliament on Thursday, November 10, 2022, Mr Ato Forson intimated that the NPP MPs lack the wit in opposing the interest of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In his view, the displeasure registered by some 80 NPP MPs and their call for the removal of the Finance Minister are mere antics to deceive the public.
Mr Ato Forson noted that the group failed to put their words into action after publicly calling for the sacking of Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen.
He stated that the MPs crawled back into themselves after the President asked them to hold their horses until the IMF deal was sealed.
He said, “it is clear that the NPP majority in Parliament is playing a double standard, they have chosen their party’s interest over the country’s interest. The People of Ghana really want the Finance minister to go, unfortunately, they have decided to disappoint the people of Ghana and clearly what they did the last two weeks was nothing but politics.”
Ato Forson further added that the Majority Caucus “never meant it; they were doing it to shield the vice president and the president, and they never meant it. So they know that the economic prices that we are going through obviously are not good enough, but they are clueless, and they have no solution.”
The Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam MP’s recent outburst comes on the back of a press release signed by the NPP General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong directing the Majority Caucus in Parliament not to partake in the vote of censure against Ken Ofori-Atta.
To ensure the MPs comply with the directives, Mr Frimpong directed the chief whips of the Caucus to take charge of the matter.
Nonetheless, Mr Ato Forson stated that, with or without the support of the NPP MPs, the minority group will not back down on its quest to ouster the Finance Minister from his post.
He also disclosed that the Minority Caucus will turn their guns on the President, Akufo-Addo for failing to restore the country’s economy.
The group, according to him, will start an impeachment process against Akufo-Addo
Source: The Independent Ghana