Korle Klottey Constituents Petition Speaker over “Daughter of Murderer” Comment

Parliament has received a petition requesting the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to address an unfortunate incident in Parliament last Tuesday, during which the Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey was referred to as the ‘Daughter of a Murderer’ by a member of the Minority.

The petitioners are constituents of the affected female lawmaker and want the matter dealt with immediately.

They submitted the petition to the Clerk to Parliament, Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror on Wednesday, February 6, 2025.

“A delegation from the Klottey Korle Constituency today presented a petition to Parliament on disparaging comments made against their Member of the House, Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings on Tuesday, 4th February,” the official Facebook account of Parliament announced.

Comment
During a Parliamentary debate on February 5, 2025, over the observation of a proper 60th anniversary celebration of the death of politician Joseph Boakye Danquah, Zenator who is MP for Korle Klottey Constituency rose to talk; however, she was denied due to the chaos the discussion was creating.

The Presiding Speaker, Andrew Asiamah, revoked the opportunity for members to contribute, restricting it to only the leaders.

Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin was therefore given the floor during which a voice shouted at Zenator, “Daughter of murderer, sit down.”

In reaction to the Minority Leader’s stern look at the commentator who was not captured on camera, he retorted, “But there is evidence her father murdered people.”

Accusation
The statement was attributed to former Lands Minister, Samuel Jinapor; however, he has denied, affirming his belief in decent debates and intellectual devoid of “insults and character assassination”.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini