Parliament recalled to consider Mahama impeachment motion

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Members of Parliament (MP) have been recalled to consider a motion seeking to impeach President John Mahama for accepting a ford Expedition vehicle as a gift from a Burkinabe contractor.

An investigative report by Joy News’ Manasseh Awuni Azure quotes Mr Kanazoe confirms giving the vehicle to the President through Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso.

Djibril Kanazoe who describes the President as a friend is the contractor behind the controversial $650,000 Ghana Embassy wall in Burkina Faso which was flagged by Parliament’s Public Account Committee (PAC).

But President Mahama in a breakfast meeting with the clergy in June denied using the vehicle for his personal comfort saying, it was given to the state.

A summon by the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho directed MPs to return to the house on Thursday, September 1, but fell short of disclosing the agenda for the sitting.

However, Article 112 (3) of the Constitution says if 15 percent of MPs sign a petition, parliament must sit to consider it. The current parliament has 275 MPs with 148 (National Democratic Congress), 121 (New Patriotic Party), 3 (Independent), 1 (Convention People's Party) and 1(People's National Convention).

Checks revealed that more than 100 of minority NPP MP's are signatory to the impeachment petition which necessitated a recall of the House. The Majority Chief Whip, Mohamed Mubarak Muntaka who confirmed the recall and the impeachment motion said it is an attempt by the minority to waste parliament's time.

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