“It is my view, therefore, that CHRAJ is the institution with exclusive constitutional authority to deal with all relevant matters relating to the breach of conduct of public officers including the matter involving the Ford Expedition vehicle,” he explained. However, Mr. Akyea told Class FM’s parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan in an interview: “I am hugely surprised that the Speaker, who is supposed to be a benevolent referee of the house, will be seen to be working for the NDC. It’s so obvious that the arguments that the Speaker put out there should have been the arguments coming from the other side trying to test the propriety of the motion. So, the technical knockout should not come from the Speaker; it should come from those who oppose the motion and that is hugely embarrassing. …In my humble view, the Speaker that I hold in reverence, the conclusion of the matter is that all that the NDC should have done in trying to challenge the competency of the motion, the Speaker did for them.”

Source: GhanaWeb September 01, 2016 18:11 UTC