The Finance Minster’s lawyers are demanding evidence to back the Minority’s allegations against their client.
This follows the Speaker’s referral of a motion of censure against Ken Ofori-Atta to an 8-member committee for consideration.
Gabby Otchere-Darko, who is leading Mr Ofori-Atta’s legal team wants the Minority legislators to provide particulars to support their specific claims.
This, he says, will enable his client better assess the allegations based on which his removal is being pushed for.
For Mr Otchere-Darko, any development beyond this point may amount to ambushing the embattled Minister with questions that may be outside the scope of the probe.
"If we are not careful there will be surprises at every turn of the proceedings," he added.
The NDC side, is today, tabling its concerns through Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Ranking Member on Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Thursday, November 10, constituted the Committee, which has seven days to submit its report.
It comprises Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Bernard Ahiafor on the Minority side and Patrick Yaw Boamah, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi and Andrew Agyapa Mercer from the Majority side.
The claims are; conflict of interest, unconstitutional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund, illegal payment of oil revenues into offshore accounts, deliberate and dishonest misreporting of economic data to Parliament, fiscal recklessness, alarming incompetence and gross mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy.
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