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Women Are Called Disrespectful When They Defend Themselves- Bawa Motgari

The Presidential Adviser and Special Aide to President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawa Motgari has thrown her weight behind acting Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission, Emeafa Hardcastle, who has come under public backlash over an altercation with Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh.

Joyce is of the view that women are wrongly perceived as disrespectful when they stand up for themselves.

In a Facebook post, she wrote, “Let me say without any fear of equivocation that more often than not when we stand up for ourselves we are called disrespectful!”

Her post came after Hardcastle and Annoh-Dompreh were embroiled in an altercation during a recess as the Appointments Committee took a breather while vetting Dr. Edward Omane Boamah on January 28.

The incident has been widely circulated on social media with the public divided over it.

The part of the altercation circulating online captured Hardcastle saying, “You are threatening me that you are taking me on because who are you? What do you mean by taking me on? You are a micro-minority. Doesn’t Afenyo-Markin himself use that phrase? I don’t have time for that. You think you can bully me here?”

Meanwhile, Annoh Dompreh has accused her of labelling him as silly.

Later, at the plenary of Parliament, she was thrown under the bus by the Majority caucus when the leader demanded that she publicly apologise for her conduct.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini

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