Chair of the special committee investigating a leaked tape regarding plans to oust the IGP, Samuel Atta Akyea, has rebuked Vice Chair, James Agalga, for claiming it was illegal to request the IGP’s call logs as evidence.
Atta Akyea attributed the committee‘s alleged shortcomings to Agalga’s misunderstanding of the Constitution.
Speaking in Parliament in Accra on Wednesday, Att Akyea said “We shall have the powers, rights, and privileges of High Court. So what are you saying that we can’t commandeer law? …So, what are you saying you don’t have the power.”
“That is why you messed up. You didn’t understand the Constitution,” he stated.
Atta Akyea further commented that the committee’s report lacks substance for any parliamentary action.
The report, unsigned by the Chairman, disclosed that senior police officers COP Alex George Mensah, Supt. George Lysander Asare, and Supt. Emmanuel Eric Gyebi engaged in misconduct, a serious violation of police regulations requiring sanctions according to the Police disciplinary procedure.
During parliamentary debate, Chairman Samuel Atta Akyea urged the house to reject the committee’s report, citing its lack of logical foundation.
“I want to submit with the greatest of respect that this report reduced parliament and the good committee of parliament to a conveyor belt that anything they drop on it should go. You do not just listen to people who come before a committee and that will bring you to a conclusion of the matter. You delve into the matters. A committee of parliament is not a conveyor belt. They’re supposed to delve into this matter. And on that showing, this report is so anaemic.”
“It lacks substance for plenary to find, with the greatest of respect any decision on it and to uphold this report. Yes. And I urge this House to reject this report because there is no foundation of evidence for this report. And we shouldn’t make a resolution based on such an anaemic report,” he stated.