Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has vowed to hold Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission, Emeafa Hardcastle, accountable for her remarks about him.
This follows a heated exchange between the two during the vetting of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister-Designate for Defence, when the Appointments Committee took a brief recess.
During the break, a verbal altercation erupted between Annoh-Dompreh and Madam Hardcastle, as seen in a viral video circulating online.
However, in an interview, Mr. Annoh-Dompreh responded firmly, stating that he would hold her accountable and emphasizing the seriousness of the exchange.
“I won’t allow her to have her way. Whatever she has to do to apologise to Parliament, she must. She cannot sit down and denigrate Parliament” Mr. Annor Dompreh declared.
“I didn’t insult her. But I won’t let her denigrate the Parliament of Ghana. If I had acted that way towards her as a respected lawyer, I would have been condemned, and I won’t condone such behaviour from her” he explained.
The Nsawam-Adoagyiri legislator admitted that the verbal exchange may have been triggered by remarks he made in Parliament, which may have upset Hardcastle.
He, however, emphasized that he did not provoke her and is carefully weighing his next steps.
“I’m convinced my statements in Parliament triggered her reaction. I am thinking through the process very carefully. I will exhaust all internal arrangements within Parliament, and after that, we will decide the way forward, or not”.
“The world is round, and people should understand that. I believe she had already made up her mind to confront me even before she left home. I’m shocked that a woman would verbally abuse a man. This is something that should not be tolerated”, he added.