Speaker didn’t ask c’ttee to stop hearing on vetting chaos; Minority caused suspension – Bedzrah

Chairman of the Adhoc Committee probing the vetting chaos, Emmanuel Bedzrah has clarified that the suspension of the hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 was not a directive from Speaker Bagbin.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025 the Committee’s first hearing on the vetting chaos which ensued on January 30 was abruptly suspended after the Clerk to Parliament said he was going to withdraw his staff working with the Committee because he had not received information from the Speaker for the hearing to continue.

However, in an interview on TV3’s New Day, Thursday, February 6, 2025, Mr. Bedzrah said the Minority caucus orchestrated the whole suspension of the sitting.

He explained that the Clerk to Parliament had received inaccurate information from the Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin which said the Speaker had directed hearing to be suspended.

Bedzrah further noted that after his checks with the Speaker, it turned out Bagbin did not give such directive.

“So I called the Majority leader and met with him and other leaders that includes the two deputies and the Clerk himself with my committee members and I asked them what was the problem.

“Then the minority leader told me that before the speaker made his ruling to suspend the suspension, they met with him and he pleaded with him that we should suspend the committee sitting and so when we went on air they were wondering.

“Then I called the speaker in their presence and the Speaker said he did not ask us to stop and if he wanted us to stop, he would have instructed us the day he was giving his judgement and, in his judgement, he said the committee should continue with its work and present its report.

“The Clerk called me later in the night and said the Speaker says we should continue with the work,” Bedzrah clarified.

According to Mr. Bedzrah, the Committee will proceed with its work on Friday, February 7, 2025.

He said the subsequent hearing of the culprits will be in-camera after which the Committee will present its report.

“We will have a press conference today and then we will let Ghanaians know when we are resuming our work. I am sure that tomorrow (Friday) we will continue with the first art which is the witness hearing which will be the public hearing.

“The second leg will be the in-camera hearing of the culprit and then we will show them the video and then we will write our report and present it to the House,” he added.

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