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29.06.2016 Politics

Ken Agyapong's sex-for-job allegation against EC chair condemned

By MyJoyOnline
Ken Agyapong's sex-for-job allegation against EC chair condemned
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Some Ministers and gender advocates say recent comments by Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, about the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) are reckless, misogynistic and unbecoming of a Parliamentarian.

Gender and Social Protection Minister, Nana Oye Lithur and Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh, have called on the MP to retract his comments against Charlotte Osei and apologize.

Mr Agyapong, who is notorious for making scalding and controversial comments, is reported to have said that Charlotte Osei assumed the EC Chair by giving sexual favours.

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Photo: Mr Agyapong was arrested for making inflammatory comments.

Mr Agyapong allegedly made the comments while addressing some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters at Asokwa in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital.

He is reported to have said some highly placed officials in government told Charlotte Osei to, “bring your buttocks in exchange of EC Chair position.”

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Photo: EC Chair, Charlotte Osei
Reacting to the comment, Executive Director of Abantu for Development, Rose Mensah Kutin, says the legislator's penchant for making disparaging comments must be reined in.

“We as women are tired of comments like that. This is a woman who is a professional. She has been given the position of Chair of the Commission, if we have issues with her performance, we need to deal with it as such. What a man and woman do in bed, if they are consenting adults, is nobody’s business,” she said.

The Minority, which Mr Agyapong is a member of, says it will not comment on the matter, Joy News Parliamentary Correspond, Elton John Brobbey reports, Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Majority and the Women Caucus are expected to issue a statement on the allegations.

Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | George Nyavor | [email protected]

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