A staunch member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has denied reports suggesting that he accused the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu of masterminding the recent demands by some MPs for the head of the finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
The denial came on the back of Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu’s backlash against Mr. Otchere-Darko following the latter’s allegations that the Majority leader sponsored the lawmakers to call for the sacking of the finance minister over the country’s collapsed economy.
The Majority leader who doubles as the MP for Suame in the Ashanti Region in a radio interview on Kumasi-based Sompa Radio is quoted to have said, “From nowhere, we hear Gabby Otchere-Darko on his Asaase Radio accusing me of instigating what was happening; for what? What do I stand to gain from that?
“There are people who would rather want to cause disintegration while you are committed to integrating. But now, this has brought about another sense of anger”.
“That Gabby Otchere-Darko, who does he think he is?” Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu fumed.
He continued that “I serve Akufo-Addo, and I serve the party as well as the government. When we talk about the government itself, what is your locus standings to be accusing me of being an instigator?”
Responding to the majority leader’s claim, Gabby Otchere-Darko said he never made any such comments on any medium or in the media space as alleged.
“I have listened to excerpts of the interview of Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, on Sompa Radio, claiming I had gone on Asaase Radio to allege that he was the ringleader behind the NPP MPs calling for the resignation of the finance minister. He is also quoted in reports of that interview online as saying that I sponsored a failed candidate against him in the NPP parliamentary primaries leading to the 2016 general elections.
“I have since sent him a message on this denying same. But I consider it necessary to also put my side out publicly.
“I have said no such thing on Asaase Radio or any other radio station or media house, whether on air, online, or in print, either directly or indirectly. Indeed, my position, so far, on this issue in Parliament within the Majority Caucus, has been to deliberately stay away from commenting on it publicly.
“I have never sponsored any candidate against the Majority Leader for the Suame seat. I would never do such a thing to a person I considered a strong loyalist even within the NPP” the Danquah Insititute founder said in a disclaimer on Facebook.
