Minority MPs on Monday staged a walk out in Parliament following a repeated accusation that they (Minority) received a $5,000 bribe to approve last years’ purchase agreement with Vodafone.The minority in a heated debate over a loan agreement had questioned government’s commitment to apply the funds for the purposes for which the loan was contracted.
They cited the over ¢100,000 spent on snacks during the transition period, fearing the loan when approved would be misused.
According to Joy FM’s Parliamentary Correspondent, Sammy Darko, this did not go down well with the Majority in Parliament.
MP for Sene, Twumasi Appiah, in a rebuttal accused the Minority MPs for taking $5,000 as compensation before voting for the sale of 70 per cent shares of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone.
The Minority were outraged by the repeated accusation, more so when it had not been proven by the accuser, P.C. Appiah Ofori, himself a Minority MP for Assikuma-Odoben-Brakwa.
According to Sammy Darko, the minority demanded for a retraction and an apology, something Twumasi Appiah was not ready to render.
The Minority subsequently staged a walkout after the Sene MP failed to apologise.
The speaker has thus referred the accusation to the Privileges Committee for investigations to be conducted on the allegation.
Meanwhile, the House has deferred the approval of the loan agre
ement because it could not raise the numbers for a vote.
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