The Minority Caucus would move to file a resolution for impeachment against the President, according to Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak, should President Akufo-Addo refuse to fire the Finance Minister after Parliament censures him.
He contends that by failing to dismiss the Finance Minister, it will be obvious that the President may actually be the problem rather than the Finance Minister, necessitating the need for his impeachment.
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is anticipated to face a vote of censure in Parliament on Thursday, November 10.
The Asawase MP, who is certain of winning this vote of censure, said on JoyNews’ PM Express that the President will have no choice but to heed the voice of Parliament on the topic.
“Let’s pray tomorrow we get two-thirds and then President Nana Addo says that ‘o, even though two-thirds of you have said that I should remove him I’m not removing him’, I can assure you, the next day we’ll file another process to remove the President from office.
“That means now the problem of the country has moved from the Finance Minister to the President himself. So now we’ll move the heat from the Minister you can’t remove to you yourself and then we’ll start the process. And interestingly it’s the same two-thirds that you’ll need to remove the President. So if he won’t remove the Minister then he will have to be removed,” he said.
He continued by saying that if the Minority could secure enough votes to remove the Finance Minister, it would be simple to secure the same number of votes to remove the President for his stubbornness.
“One thing I can assure you is that this is a game of politics, if we can get two-thirds to remove the Minister for Nana Addo, you can be rest assured that that same two-thirds will be ready to remove the President.
“Because if that two-thirds will not remove the President, they will not remove his Minister especially as he has publicly said he’s supporting him, he’s giving him all the praises and what have you, if we succeed by the grace of God and we get the two-thirds and the President doesn’t act, that two-thirds will remove the President,” he said.
Adam Ibrahim
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