{"id":102779,"date":"2025-11-11T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102779"},"modified":"2025-11-11T04:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:21:00","slug":"they-didnt-come-to-the-party-shaibu-mahama-mocks-minority-over-cj-vetting-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102779","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They didn\u2019t come to the party\u2019 \u2013 Shaibu Mahama mocks Minority over CJ vetting walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Daboya-Mankarigu MP, Shaibu Mahama, has ridiculed the Minority Caucus for walking out of Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee hearing for the next Chief Justice, saying their actions exposed a lack of preparation and purpose.<\/p>\n

Appearing on JoyNews\u2019 PM Express<\/em> on Monday, November 10, he said the Minority came to the vetting \u201cwith a script\u201d but failed to follow through.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, the Minority came not to ask questions, but it came with a script. Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t mark the script,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The vetting of Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice was thrown into controversy on Monday after the Minority Caucus announced its rejection of his nomination and abstained from the vetting.<\/p>\n

The decision, announced by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, followed a tense exchange with Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga that led to a brief suspension of the proceedings.<\/p>\n

When the session resumed, Mr Afenyo-Markin led his side to walk out, leaving only Majority MPs on the Appointments Committee to continue with the vetting process.<\/p>\n

Mr Shaibu argued that the Majority Leader acted strictly within the rules of Parliament during the heated exchanges that preceded the walkout.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single act that the Majority Leader did was clearly in line with the rules and regulations that govern the proceedings of Parliament. <\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, the vetting committee or appointments committee is an extension of Parliament. So every rule that you will expect from Plenary is the same rules that are applied,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

According to the Daboya-Mankarigu MP, the Minority\u2019s objections during the vetting were misplaced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you raise issues that offend the rules, the Majority Leader has every single right to object to that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cif you impugn the integrity of a committee that is not subject matter of the vetting or the appointments committee, he has every right to reject that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama said the Minority\u2019s last-minute decision to attend the vetting despite earlier announcing a boycott only reinforced the perception that their walkout was premeditated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did not come to the party,\u201d he said pointedly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt came, rather, when you ask a question, whether they had announced that they were not even coming for the inverting. Then, suddenly, they appeared with the script. That script, unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t mark it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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