The majority in Parliament has reversed their decision to allow Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to present the budget for 2023.
Some MPs had called for the minister to be fired, but after meeting with the president, they agreed to let him present the budget and wrap up the IMF negotiations.
However, Dr. Ayew Afriye, MP for Effiduase-Asokore constituency, revealed to the media in parliament that the majority will not support the minority motion of censure against the finance minister.
Dr. Afriye explained that the motion contains some criminal allegations against the finance minister that cannot be substantiated, thus their decision to stay away from it.
“We’re here to reiterate that however much that you heard us speaking last two weeks that based upon the intervention of the president we’ll have to see the Minister of Finance do his work, read the budget, see through appropriation and then the President will act. Over a few days we’ve had the minister speaking, and his speaking is informed majority of us in the caucus, not only to state that we’re back to the original position that we took, and that original position is to say that the Minister of Finance will not be the one who must read the budget and must not be the one who will do the appropriation. We’re here this morning to say that this is going to be very soon for you to see the position of us, and we’re going to be positively defiant on that posture until that action is taken.
“However, we are not going to support the course of the NDC in the chamber this morning. The course of the NDC is premised on falsehood, propaganda and reasons that are not justifiable. Their position might look like ours but it’s not the same.
“Our position is clearly that if confidence has gone down with him, he must go and that is not the same as that of the NDC.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
