Aug 02, 2012 at 11:58am

A former Member of Parliament for Akim-Oda, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has expressed his strong disagreement with Parliament’s decision to openly vet Vice Presidential nominee, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has set Monday, August 6 to vet Mr. Amissah-Arthur for the position of Vice President.

Speaking in an interview with Citi News, Mr. Osafo Marfo said Parliament has the authority to confirm Mr. Amissah-Arthur through a different approach.

“After the President comes the Vice-President and the Speaker, so the Vice-President is higher than the Speaker,” he said.

“I think that the Vice-President cannot go through a vetting process like a Minister or a Deputy Minister.”

Mr. Osafo Marfo opined: “In order of precedence, the Vice-President is higher than the Speaker and the Speaker is not subject to vetting and therefore the Vice-President cannot be subject to public vetting.”



By: Citifmonline.com/Ghana