Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Francis Sosu, says he is dragging the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander to Parliament’s Privileges Committee for manhandling him during the “Fix Our Roads” demonstration.
Some residents of Ayimensa, Kweiman, Danfa and La Nkwantanang in the Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, clashed with Police on Monday after the latter attempted to arrest the Member of Parliament for the area, Lawyer Francis Sosu during a demonstration to press home their demand for better roads in the area.
The stalemate lasted for about 15 minutes but the MP managed to sneak into his car to evade arrest but the determined officers pursued him to his car . Lawyer Sosu further resisted the arrest and sped off.
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The MP and the youth embarked on a “Fix Our Roads” demonstration The demonstration started from Damfa through Kweiman to the Ayi Mensah Toll both.
In an interview with host of Atinka FM’s AM drive, Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Francis Sosu, says he is dragging the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander to Parliament’s Privileges and he expects them to explain to the Committee why they mishandled a sitting MP in the line of duty.
The lawmaker reiterated that legislators could not be arrested when in the course of parliamentary duties without due approval from Parliament.
“Under the order 28 of the Parliamentary standing orders, what they did amount to contempt of Parliament and this morning I am citing the the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander for contempt of Parliament to answer questions. The work we are doing is not a private Job. We are doing it for the nation,” he added.
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