The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has stated that the Majority caucus won’t back the Minority if they opt to table a motion to summon the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, to Parliament.
According to Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minority has already formed a negative judgment about the Governor through their street protests.
He suggested that the opposition Members of Parliament could have opted to invite the Governor for a parliamentary session to address concerns related to the new headquarters building and the reported GHS60.8 billion loss instead of resorting to street demonstrations.
“We are Members of Parliament, we could have invited the Governor to come and talk about the issues that are not clear to us. You go on a demonstration and organize a press conference against the man then you come back to Parliament to move the motion [to invite him], do you want me to support that?
“Now, you have made up your mind that whatever has been done by [the Governor] is inappropriate, you are not going to countenance it, so if he comes to explain the issues, are you going to take it or jettison it?” the Suame Lawmaker told TV3 in an interview on Monday.
The Minority has been demanding the resignations of Dr. Addison and his two deputies over allegations of mismanagement.
Initially, they had given the three officials 21 days to step down but later resorted to street protests, marching to the central bank’s headquarters to physically demand their resignations.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) were particularly incensed by the allocation of over $200 million for the construction of a modern headquarters in Accra at a time when the Central Bank reported financial losses.
Dr. Addison in a response described the protest as “completely unnecessary.”
He further expressed that neither he nor his two deputies had intentions of stepping down, emphasizing that there were more appropriate channels for the Minority in Parliament to address their concerns in civilized societies, rather than resorting to street demonstrations.