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| Alex Afenyo Markin |
The Minority in Parliament has accused the President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, of violating the 1992 Constitution by failing to seek parliamentary approval for the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) agreement between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
It has, therefore, called on the President to take immediate corrective measures and cause the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, to recall the House from recess to approve or reject the loan agreement.
It warned that if by the end of September this year President Mahama had failed to heed the call, it would use all avenues, including a court action, to ensure that “the sanctity of the Constitution is protected”.
At a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Mr Alex Afenyo-Markin, who was one of the MPs who put across the Minority’s case, also called on the IMF to cease further disbursement of the ECF until Parliament had approved it.
"In fact, we are surprised that the IMF, with all its experience in the surveillance of its programmes, will condone such an egregious act by the government of Ghana,” he said.
At a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Mr Alex Afenyo-Markin, who was one of the MPs who put across the Minority’s case, also called on the IMF to cease further disbursement of the ECF until Parliament had approved it.
"In fact, we are surprised that the IMF, with all its experience in the surveillance of its programmes, will condone such an egregious act by the government of Ghana,” he said.
---graphic.com.gh
