Muntaka’s apology is half baked, not enough – Kwaku Azar

Kwaku Azar has described the apology of Muntaka Mubarak, the Asawase MP over his bribery allegation against a Supreme Court judge as half-baked.

The lawyer call on the MP to offer an unqualified apology if his allegation is unfounded and not true. He says the apology by the MP for generalizing his allegation is not enough because if the allegation is true, a probe must be conducted to unravel the truth about the person involved in the bribery allegation.

This, to me, is hardly adequate. Either the allegation in its entirety is false and he must withdraw the same in its entirety, render an unqualified and unconditional apology and fall on his sword by being made to answer for his contumacious remarks.

Or there is a basis for the allegation and a full-throttle investigation is still warranted to unravel the puzzle.

However, I’m not oblivious of our “fa ma nyame” culture and I’m certain that we will close the chapter on this one and move on as if nothing has happened.

n fact, I won’t be surprised if the broad-based consultation he says he made reached a settlement that we the masses be given a tranquilizer in the form of this half-baked apology.

He said

Muntaka raised an alarm that before the election of Speaker, a Supreme Court judge attempted bribing an NDC MP to vote for Aaron Mike Oquaye.

But he says in his statement that he has allowed sleeping dogs to lie as he is not pursuing the matter again.

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“Based upon good counsel, I have also decided to let sleeping dogs lie and will consequently refrain from any further public comment on the matter which, as I have indicated was originally reported to me by a female colleague Parliamentarian,”.

part of a release said

Mr. Muntaka admitted in his statement that not specifically naming any judge “may have had the effect of scandalizing the judiciary in its entirety.”

“This unintended consequence is deeply regretted,” he added.