Mahama Ayariga has come under serious criticisms after he rendered an apology many have described as ‘insincere’.
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central was asked to apologise after he was found to be in contempt of the house.
He had alleged that the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, through the minority chief whip, Muntaka Mubarak, had tried to bribe minority members of the committee, but which he was not able to prove before an ad hoc committee set up to investigate the matter.
Per the recommendations of the committee, Mahama Ayariga was supposed to “render an unqualified apology to the House, purging himself of contempt’.
After several protestations, the former Sports Minister stated that “Mr. Speaker if you say I should apologise, I apologise.” This apology has however not been accepted by the majority in Parliament as well as some political pundits.
Speaking in an interview on Saturday during Newsfile programme on Joy News channel, Mahama Ayariga saw nothing wrong with his style of apology.
According to him, he was asked to apologise and so he did.
“There was a decision by parliament that I should apologise so I apologised…I apologised but I don’t know if the speaker accepted it or not…“…the recommendations of the committee became the decision of the House and as a respectful member of the House, I then said… since you have already put the question and it has been voted and the decision has been voted and the decision has been taken that I should render an apology, I have to show respect to the 274 members sitting so if you say I should apologize, I hereby apologize.” .
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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YES YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT THE SPEAKER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT YOUR APOLOGY INSTANTLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU EXPRESSED YOURSELF BEFORE HIM. " MR SPEAKER IF YOU SAY I SHOULD APOLOGISE...I APOLOGISE..SERIOUS
SO THIS GUY STILL DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHAT HE DID, AYARIGA NOTE THAT, THE WHOLE GHANA AND WORLD WATCHED YOU ON THAT DAY, YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR DEMEANOR, YOUR CONJESTURES , IT A PITY AN HOURABLE MAN LIKE YOU WILL PUT UP A HUGE AND AN EXPENSIVE ALLEGATION AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE. NOBODY HAS ACCEPTED YOUR APOLOGY SO WAIT TILL THE SPEAKER RULE THEN YOU WILL SEE YOUR NEXT LINE OF ACTION. BE YOUSELF CAN'T YOU BE THAT AT LEAST THAT FAVORABLE HOPE FOR NDC, WHY SPOILING YOUR POLITICAL CAREER, THROW AWAY PRIDE AND ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF SOBRIETY LEAD YOU, AYARIGA