Casely-Hayford apologises, withdraws ‘stupid Parliament’ comment

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• Aponky B33 8 years ago

  Nana addo must resign for allowing a member of appendage to NPP (OccuppyGhana) to insult the lagislature. Time is ripe for coup d' etare

  Nana addo must resign for allowing a member of appendage to NPP (OccuppyGhana) to insult the lagislature. Time is ripe for coup d' etare

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• George Boyle 8 years ago

  Aponkye Aboa at it again always spewing rubbish. Are you on tramadol?

  Aponkye Aboa at it again always spewing rubbish. Are you on tramadol?

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• Nana Kuffuor. Abeka. La Paz. 8 years ago

  Who said "man no dey"? This idiotic Casely Hayford goes around talking rubbish especially against NDC. Now his unintelligent comments have caught up with him. NDC is just like a chewing stick to him. Now his knees have turned ...
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  Who said "man no dey"? This idiotic Casely Hayford goes around talking rubbish especially against NDC. Now his unintelligent comments have caught up with him. NDC is just like a chewing stick to him. Now his knees have turned to jelly. He should go to jail for two days to pump sense into his mulato head.

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• Nyatefetor 8 years ago

  You need not to speak again. What a shame. You spoke the truth and have been forced to chicken out. Who is there to speak for Ghana agan

  You need not to speak again. What a shame. You spoke the truth and have been forced to chicken out. Who is there to speak for Ghana agan

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• Kofi 8 years ago

  Where is he from ? Was he in Ghana all this time ? You can't just criticise everything just because you want to be heard.... Go to hell

  Where is he from ? Was he in Ghana all this time ? You can't just criticise everything just because you want to be heard.... Go to hell

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• NON-ALIGNED 8 years ago

  What is the difference between a military rule where freedom of speech of truth is not allowed and this dispensation of ours??????
  
  I see no difference in that all.....
  
  So, who holds parliamentarians on contempt of false ...
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  What is the difference between a military rule where freedom of speech of truth is not allowed and this dispensation of ours??????
  
  I see no difference in that all.....
  
  So, who holds parliamentarians on contempt of false promises to their constituencies during elections and when in power, zero gets done? Do the people of Ghana have a right to hold them for contempt??????
  
  I prefer a MILITARY RULE of DISCIPLINE AND THE 'RULE OF LAW' whereby armed robbers do not shoot our police in broad daylight and individuals verbally and physically attacking our judiciary!!!
  
  Why is Casely-Hayford being held for his freedom of speech and not the other way round????
  
  GOD BLESS GHANA!
  AFRICAN FOREVER!

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• Nyame 8 years ago

  When u were talking by heart to ndc,u were always spared so u think parliament is like NDC? Kwasia,how I wish u were remanded for two weeks

  When u were talking by heart to ndc,u were always spared so u think parliament is like NDC? Kwasia,how I wish u were remanded for two weeks

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• Bill 8 years ago

  Parliamentarians should be help for contempt towards the good people of Ghana. They have looked down on us for so long.

  Parliamentarians should be help for contempt towards the good people of Ghana. They have looked down on us for so long.

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• G. K. Berko 8 years ago

  Casely-Hayford is an arrogant prick who poses as knowing it all, and often demeans those he cannot agree with. He is an extension of Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr.
  
  I think he is trying too hard to appear relevant to our nati ...
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  Casely-Hayford is an arrogant prick who poses as knowing it all, and often demeans those he cannot agree with. He is an extension of Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr.
  
  I think he is trying too hard to appear relevant to our national discourse. But he is not indispensable and Ghana could still succeed without his vitriolic, abrasive and impudent thrust. No one should give him the favor of inviting him to meet with the House, as if to welcome some eminent dignitary to listen to. I think his insults at the Parliament merit being held for contempt just as some others were treated recently.
  
  If he is not summonsed or ordered to explain himself better and apologize more formally, the House would be playing double standards. Surely, we all appreciate the freedom of speech that allows us to criticize every entity in the country. But the criticisms must be within bounds of civility, and not belittle the entire House, even though the behavior of some its members might deserve the sharpest of rebukes.
  
  On the substance of Casely-Hayford's suggested solution, I would like to submit thus: As much as decentralization is crucial for effective implementation most policies that directly reflect idiosyncrasies of individual Regions, there is the need for a Central National Legislative Body that would, at least, coordinate among the Regions to present a unified understanding of basic Laws and Regulations that all in the Nation need to abide by. We cannot afford to decentralize too much to the point where each Region becomes a Nation within a Nation.
  
  Casely-Hayford is, typically, an ultra-Capitalist whose views support an exaggerated, Utopian Laisser-faire in which such drastic decentralization as he suggests would be the best environment to practice it. With the background that he has, it is understandable why he leans so steeply that way.
  
  He seems so full of anger for being not in the spotlight that he could be likened to what Saruman later became in J. K. Rowlin's 'Lord of the Ring' film trilogy.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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