By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region, and a member of the Privileges Committee of Parliament, Mr. Michael Okyere Baafi has issued warning to his colleague MP for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Madam Sarah Adwoa Safo to personally vacate her seat.
According to him the embattled Lawmaker for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency should not force the Majority Caucus in Parliament to table a motion for her expulsion from the NPP.
Mr. Okyere Baafi stated emphatically that members Majority caucus to which Adwoa Safo belongs are not happy with her conduct.
The New Juaben South MP gave the warning when speaking in an interview with some journalists on Tuesday, April 5 2022 after the embattled lawmaker for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency and other NPP MPs were referred to the Privileges Committee by Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin insisted that Madam Adwoa Safo has not conducted herself well.
“After her resignation, Adwoa Safo’s political ratings will automatically come down because people are not satisfied, especially members of the Majority caucus are not happy with her.
And so I think she should make the decision and that she shouldn’t sit down for any person in leadership or in caucus to table a motion for her to be expelled from the party or to be pushed out.”
The warning by the New Juaben South MP comes on the heels of Rt. Hon. Bagbin’s referral of the three MPs to the Privileges Committee for having absented themselves from sittings more than 15 times in contravention of the Standing Orders of Parliament.
The three are MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Madam Adwoa Safo, Assin Central MP, Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, and Mr. Henry Quartey, MP for Ayawaso Central who also doubles as the Greater Accra Regional Minister.
The three, therefore, face expulsion if their plea is not accepted by the Privileges Committee of Parliament
But, before the Committee will conclude its work, the New Juaben South MP maintains that in the case of the Dome-Kwabenya MP, it will serve her best interest to resign before the committee starts its hearings “saying the good people of Dome-Kwabenya deserve a better representation in Parliament”.
“She cannot treat them like that. It is not too good,” he added.