Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin Central Constituency and Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, will in the coming days face the Privileges Committee of the House over his recent utterances against Erastus Asare Donkor – a journalist with the multimedia group.
The MP is reported to have verbally abused and threatened to attack Asare Donkor, over his recent journalistic works during the recent shooting and killing incidents at Ejura Sekyeredumase in the Ashanti Region.
He made the threats on his own television station – Net 2 TV, on Friday, July 9, 2021.
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The Multimedia Group has filed a formal complaint against the MP over the threats.
The MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, prayed the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, to refer Kennedy Agyapong to the Privileges Committee, citing Order 27 of the Standing Orders of Parliament.
According to Alhassan Suhuyini, the Assin Central MP has brought the name of Parliament into disrepute by threatening harm on the life of the journalist.
The Speaker in his wisdom has therefore referred the issue to the Committee for investigation to determine whether there is any merit in the complaint filed by Allhassan Suhuyini who was a practicing journalist until his election as a Member of Parliament. The Committee is expected to report back to House for action.
However, before referring the issue to the Privileges Committee, Speaker Bagbin advised the MPs to be cautious of their utterances wherever they found themselves since their immunities on their speeches do go beyond the Chamber of Parliament.
Source: GhanaNewsOnline.com.gh with additional files from parliamentnews360.com