The New Patriotic Party Members from Parliament who demanded the sacking of Finance Minster Ken Ofori-Atta have expressed that they won’t back the Minority’s vote of censure against the embattled Minister .
The Minority caucus in Parliament is supposed to initiate a motion for the section of a vote of reprimand of the Finance Minister based on conflict of interest and different other grounds.
At a press conference held Thursday morning, the Majority group led by the MP for Effiduase/Asokore, Nana Ayew Afriyie said notwithstanding the way that they actually stand by their decision for the finance Minister to be taken out, they will not support the motion by the Minority.
“We won’t uphold the course of the NDC this morning . The course of the NDC is started on misrepresentation, propaganda and reasons which are not legitimate. Their position might look like ours , yet ours is different,” Ayew Afriyie said.
66% of Parliament should vite in favour of the censure for Finance Ministerto be removed .
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs blame the Finance Minister for acting outside the powers of the office and to a great extent fault him for the country’s current economic hardships.
This motion , whenever passed, will propel President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fire his Finance Minister.
Deputy Minority Chief Whip Ahmed Ibrahim in an earlier interview with the media said his side has drawn in with a segment of the Greater part of the caucus , and they are prepared for the motion .
“We are as yet talking with the group of 95. The greater part of them realize that they have their integrity to safeguard. The most effective way to redeem the image of Parliament is to ensure that they vote, and they walk their talk on Thursday,” he said.