Gabby Challenges Committee Probing Censure Motion Against Ofori-Atta

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, counsel for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in the parliamentary public hearing of a vote of censure against the Minister, has challenged the authority of the ad-hoc committee probing allegations of conflict of interest against his client. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin set up an eight-member ad-hoc committee to probe claims of conflict of interest, financial recklessness, gross mismanagement of the economy among others as the basis for a censure motion against the Finance Minister by the Minority in Parliament. Speaking at the committee sitting on Tuesday, Gabby Otchere-Darko, also a private legal practitioner and a leading…