The
Minority Caucus of Parliament has asked government to come clean and tell
Ghanaians the whole truth about the transfer of the two Guantanamo Bay
detainees into the country.
According to the Caucus there is too much confusion
surrounding the GTMO Agreement and there are more questions than answers.
Addressing a News Conference in Parliament today the Minority said even
as the Presidency tries to conceal the truth from the citizenry, the Speaker of
Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has also failed to admit urgent questions filed by
five NPP MPs on the matter thereby denying them the opportunity to scrutinize
the considerations that went into accepting the detainees into Ghana.
The News
Conference was addressed by the Ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee
and MP for Subin, Isaac Osei. He said President MAHAMA breached the
Constitution in entering into the Agreement with the US without prior approval
from Parliament.
The controversy surrounding the transfer of the two Guantanamo
Bay detainees Mammoud Omar Muhamed bin Atef and Khalid Salih Mohamed al-Dhuby
into the country continues to rage on.
According to the Minority Caucus of
Parliament the whole process in admitting the detainees is shrouded in secrecy
which in a democracy is unacceptable. Meanwhile the Foreign Affairs Ministers
Hannah Tetteh has been billed to brief Parliament on the matter on Friday.
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