General News of Tuesday, 21 January 2020Source: kasapafmonline.comNo serious lawyer will back PAC’s chair over arrest of civil servants – Afenyo MarkinMP for Effutu Central, Alexander Afenyo MarkinThe Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu constituency, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has said he would be scandalized if any serious Lawyer will support the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for ordering the arrest of some two civil servants over perjury. “I say this one with the law of emphasis- I’ll doubt if any serious Lawyer in this country, will ever dissent on this sacred legal position. James Klutse Avedzi, however, gave them a week to search for the missing pay vouchers and return to the Committee for further interrogation. Re-appearing before the PAC at a sitting, Monday, the duo surprisingly produced nine pay vouchers valued at GH?120,000.00 out of the 62 pay vouchers valued at GH?126,000.00, thereby, raising a lot of eyebrows. Infuriated by the attempt to deceive the Parliament, Chairman Avedzi, therefore, called for the arrest of the two.

Source: GhanaWeb January 21, 2020 13:52 UTC