The Majority caucus in parliament has reacted to the concerns raised by the Minority following the withdrawal of military personnel assigned the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin.
The Majority has described as untruth the narrative from the Minority and have outlined what they clam represents the truth.
“We have also listened to comments on the same subject matter on various radio platforms most of which do not relate to the truth and are simply unfortunate narrations.”
The Minority described the decision by the Ghana Armed Forces to withdraw the military men as a politically motivated meant to intimidate him.
The Minority also slammed the government demanding an immediate withdrawal of the directive.
But reacting the Majority caucus said “First, in the history of the 4th Republic all the Speakers have been provided with police protection and not military protection. It is only Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin who made a request to the Minister of Defence for Military protection and the Minister bent backwards to accommodate him. This has not been a regular feature in Parliamentary Security considerations.
The police protection for Rt. Hon. A.S.K. Bagbin have always been in place. He has four police officers in his known residence. He has three police officers in his secretariat and he has five other policemen in and around the Speaker’s office block any day any time. Indeed, none of the previous Speakers had half of the police cover as has been accorded Rt. Hon. Bagbin. It must be emphasised for the record that Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has been served with the largest number of security personnel for his protection that none of the previous Speakers had.”
The statement added “Now the Minority Caucus’ statement states that the action by the military High Command is politically motivated. What is the proof? Or is it the case that they consider that since the Rt. Hon. Bagbin is NDC he is there to do the bidding Of NDC and hence any critique of the Speaker or any action aimed at the Speaker is a critique of or action against the NDC, and therefore should be considered as being politically motivated? The people of Ghana know better and certainly can make the distinction between truth and sheer propaganda.”
