The Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has distanced himself from an apology issued on his behalf by the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, following his expulsion by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
The incident occurred during a discussion on the nomination of two justices to the Supreme Court by President Akufo-Addo.
Speaker Bagbin had urged the House to consider the issues surrounding the full complement of the Supreme Court when the Appointments Committee presents its report.
However, Dr. Afriyie disagreed with the Speaker’s remarks, stating that it was not within Bagbin’s purview to make such comments.
This disagreement led the Speaker to order Dr. Afriyie’s removal from the House, describing his comments as “rude” and “disrespectful.”
In response, the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, apologized to the Speaker on behalf of the caucus.
However, Dr. Afriyie in an interview on Citi FM denied any wrongdoing.
According to him, he did not authorized the Majority Chief Whip to apologize on his behalf.
The legislator maintained that, his comments were neither insulting nor disrespectful to the Speaker and did not warrant an apology.
“He apologised on my behalf? Well, he doesn’t have my permission to do that and this one you can put on record. I haven’t done any wrong, why should I apologise? So far, I haven’t done anything wrong. I haven’t insulted the speaker, I haven’t disrespected him. Where is the disrespect in what happened?” he quizzed.
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