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General news for Thursday, November 5, 2020
Source: My GH news
2020-11-05
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper
The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, described the comments made by Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, the chairman of the Parliament’s Finance Committee regarding the assessment of the risk of corruption in the minerals of royalties from Agyapa. deal as harsh and avoidable.
According to him, the legislator could have been more diplomatic in his communication than in the path he chose, regardless of the obvious and serious legal loopholes in the Special Prosecutor’s report.
“Harsh and avoidable comment by the chairman of the Finance Committee. He could and should have been diplomatic in his articulation / communication. However, obvious and serious loopholes in the SP Report, ”he wrote in a post seen by MyNewsGh.com.
However, the veteran journalist believes that some of the observations cannot and will not withstand the test of critical judicial scrutiny and determination.
“Some of the observations cannot and will not stand the test of critical judicial scrutiny and determination! How I wish the SP to reach the level of prosecution so that we and posterity have the benefit of how to do things in the future! OR? ”, He questioned.
The New Juaben South legislator in reaction to Martin Amidu’s corruption risk assessment in the Agyapa Royalties Minerals deal with the president was quoted as saying it was full of “conjecture, hypothetical, rumors.”
“You have published these documents as a social commentator. I say that Martin Amidu’s work is sloppy. He is criticizing the work of Parliament, he is doing an assessment of the risk of corruption, I am the chairman of the Finance Committee, you come for our report, I don’t even know how the meetings went and you sit somewhere and you’re saying you don’t think Parliament or the Finance Committee did a good job. They didn’t even consult me, they didn’t call me. They’ve easily invited me to speak. This is the most sloppy job I’ve ever seen. ” Dr. Assibey-Yeboah said.
He added: “You are judging an arm of the government and you don’t bother to talk to the Majority Leader, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Speaker of Parliament, everyone who is related to this approval process and he thinks Should we swallow hook and bob what he pulls out? “
The deputy argued that although Amidu wrote to parliament asking for documents related to the Agyapa royalty deal, it is not enough that he relied on the documents alone.
“This is a person who is telling us that the government official 1 [in the Airbus Scandal] he is John Mahama but he cannot invite him or question him because he is running for election. Is this law? … What law says that if someone runs for president, they should not be questioned for wrongdoing? Dr. Assibey-Yeboah asked.
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