Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has opined that the Appointments Committee of Parliament cannot have the final say in the approval or disapproval of any of the ministerial nominees.
According to him, the Appointments Committee can only recommend to the plenary about which nominees to approve or disapprove and the final decision must be made “by consensus or majority decision by the plenary”.
Commenting on a Facebook post by US-based Ghanaian lawyer Stephen Kwaku Asare aka Kweku Azar, who suggested that the disapproval of Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah by the Appointments Committee, which Kweku Azar thinks the Majority of the plenary should reverse, Baako wrote: “but the Appointments Committee does not and cannot have a final say relative to the approval or disapproval process per the Standing Orders! It can only recommend approval by consensus or majority decision by the plenary.
Private legal practitioner Prof Kweku Asare Private legal practitioner Prof Kweku Asare popularly called Prof Kweku Azar has reiterated the need for eligible voters in Satrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) to vote for a member of parliament before the inauguration of the 8th Parliament.
The outspoken lawyer wondered why the Peace Council, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the media and other institutions have remained silent over the issue.
“The silence of the Council of State, Peace Council, CHRAJ, NCCE, Chieftaincy, Media, etc. is evidence that our institutions only react when victims take to the streets.
Our institutions cannot feel the pain of victims. They only exist to tell protesting victims to fall in line.”