Political analyst Professor Ransford Gyampo has called on the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare, to take immediate action and arrest Members of Parliament involved in the recent destruction of state property during a chaotic altercation at the Appointments Committee meeting last Thursday.
The incident occurred on January 30, during the ministerial vetting, when several MPs became involved in an outburst, damaging microphones and tables after the Majority caucus pushed forward with the vetting process, despite the Minority’s request to delay it by a day.
Speaking in an interview with TV3, Professor Gyampo emphasized that the Majority should not allow the Minority to control the scheduling or dictate the course of parliamentary business.
“I have said that Dampare is on record to have arrested Members of Parliament and government officials for violating traffic rules. And it is not possible for people to destroy public property or state property and for us to sweep it under the carpet.
“So I am saying that we should go to the extent of asking Dampare to arrest those culpable for destroying properties that we used my taxes and your taxes to procure.
“I think that the majority group must be commended for being tolerant, overly tolerant of the minority group. You see, democracy is about majority rule.
That tolerance posturing of the majority group is not licentious for minority tyranny and minority wanting to now dictate as to how things must be done.”