The minority side of the vetting committee has declared that they will not participate in the vetting on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Several other minority members have stated that they do not wish to participate in the vetting process.
The caucus, in response to allegations of bribery levelled at them by private legal practitioner Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Minority Chip Whip Frank Annor-Dompreh, stated that they cannot sit and allow people to run down the chair and committee members.
He stated that these remarks should interfere with the committee’s work.
He declared that there would be no vetting today, citing a principled position, and asked the chair to suspend sitting for the day.
While the committee deliberated, the minister-designate for defence and other ministers-designate were present to be vetted.
Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafiamakpor urged the minority to reconsider their decision, regardless of how offensive the comments were.
In response to these issues, the Chairman of the Committee stated that the Committee cannot allow the remarks to bring the country to a halt.
He noted that because the committee had invited Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a private legal practitioner, to appear on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, they should allow for vetting.
He also indicated that the nominees and those invited to witness the vetting would be the ones ‘injured’, not the one who made the allegations.
However, the Minority insisted on suspending the sitting until the bribery allegations were resolved.
The Minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, alleged that it is a notorious fact that Oliver Barker-Vormawor is a member of the NDC.
He argued that there is a reputational issue, and that the committee should suspend the meeting to address the allegations before proceeding with the vetting.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
