The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has declared that the Majority caucus will not support the Minority if they choose to present a resolution summoning the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, to Parliament.
Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu asserts that as a result of their street demonstrations, the Minority have already developed an adverse perception of the Governor.
He noted that rather than resorting to public protests, the opposition Members of Parliament should have chosen to ask the Governor to a parliamentary hearing to discuss concerns over the new headquarters building and the estimated GHS60.8 billion losses.
“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 demanded the resignations of Dr. Addison and his two subordinates due to charges of mismanagement.
Initially, they gave the three employees 21 days to quit, but they eventually resorted to street protests, going to the central bank’s offices to physically demand their resignations.
The funding of approximately $200 million for the construction of a modern headquarters in Accra at a time when the Central Bank recorded financial losses infuriated National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs).
In reaction, Dr. Addison called the demonstration “completely unnecessary.”
He also stated that neither he nor his two deputies intended to resign, emphasising that there were more acceptable methods for the Minority in Parliament to communicate their concerns in civilised society than public demonstrations.
