A former second deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ken Dzirasah, has asked Ghanaians to demand from the Nadowli-Kaleo Member of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, a proper apology for the unsavoury comments he made against some former appointees of the Mahama government.
According to the former lawmaker, Mr. Bagbin only apologized for the delay in not responding to the public backlash in time but refused to render unqualified apology to the public for his unsavoury remarks.
“He didn’t apologise. I don’t think that was an apology. He only apologised for delaying in coming out with his reaction to the statement. Is that an apology? It isn’t”, he told Bola Ray on Starr Chat last Wednesday.
Hon. Bagbin, who is aspiring to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the 2020 elections referred to some appointees of the erstwhile Mahama government, as being unfit for the positions they were made to serve. He cited some disability challenges among others to buttress his claims.
The longest serving legislator under the Fourth Republic made those comments during a tour of the Volta Region to canvass support for his flagbearership bid.
His comments were met with serious condemnation from some well-meaning Ghanaians including the founder of the NDC, former President Jerry John Rawlings.
Later, at his press conference, the flagbearer aspirant admitted his comments amounted to an indiscretion and apologised for his action.
However, commenting on the issue, Mr. Dzirasah said “Bagbin is a smart guy. He has consigned all the things into the dustbin and nobody is commenting on it but the hard truth is that, what he said, is never an apology”.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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DZIRASAH is a desperate man. First, he hates John Mahama because the latter did not make him the Speaker of Parliament. Second, he supports Alabi because he has been promised that position. Third, NDC MPs didn't like him when he was the First Deputy because he was very greedy.
Mr Bagbin did not insulted anyone he was been plain as it should be. Will it make sense to appoint a northner who can't speak Asanti language to be a chief linguistic at Asanti king's palace? if no them Bagbin did no wrong, Simple as that.
What does this has to do with Ghanaians.
This was something about the ndc not Ghanaians so why do you bring the Ghanaian people to ndc matter? ndc call themselves Ghanaians only when in opposition and they think that smartness will work for them all the time.Ghanaians are discerning and don't care a hoot about ndc, selfish and greedy party. Who cares whether he apologizes or not, that's not our business,our business is to move Ghana from the mess ndc put the country. Our business is fir the government to prosecute and collect allones stolen by the ndc and hiding in holes and polytanks. Our business is to see those Bagbin talked about in jail. Ndc has done this country a damage that, the name shouldn't even ring a bell in the ears of Ghanaians.Ndc will rot in opposition.