The Minority Chief, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused the federal government of colluding with the Koforidua Excessive Courtroom to harass Mr Ernest Yaw Kumi, New Patriotic Social gathering Member of Parliament for Akwatia.
This accusation comes after Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka’s, clarification of makes an attempt to arrest Mr Kumi following a bench warrant issued for his arrest on contempt prices.
Mr Afenyo-Markin expressed dismay on the Minister’s justification, stating, “Clearly, there’s collusion between the federal government and the excessive court docket, Koforidua, to make use of their very own set of legal guidelines in our nation.”
The Minority Chief emphasised, throughout a press convention in Parliament Home, in Accra, on Wednesday that the federal government’s actions weren’t in step with the nation’s legal guidelines, highlighting the right process for imposing a court docket order.
“When there’s a court docket order, it’s for the registrar to assign a bailiff for the needs of imposing the order,” Mr Afenyo-Markin defined.
“This was a state of affairs the place the Supreme Courtroom had already frozen the enforcement of that order,” he added.
The Minority Chief recounted the alleged harassment of Mr Kumi by state safety operatives, alleging, that, “They had been armed with pickup automobiles, and in reality, they really pulled a weapon, a pistol on the MP, attempting to threaten him, to pressure him into the pickup.”
He additionally introduced plans to file a query with the Legal professional Basic to deal with the alleged collusion between the judiciary and the nationwide safety coordinator.
—GNA
