NDC's plan was to destroy Akufo-Addo's swearing-in - Kennedy Agyapong

The Assin Central MP, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says the attitude put up by members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the floor of parliament on Thursday dawn, was intended to “destroy” the swearing-in of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

According to him, the motive, was to deliberately drag the parliament leadership selection process, which will eventually affect the swearing-in and inauguration of President Akufo-Addo for his second term

He said he received “intelligence” and the “game plan” long ago that, that was what the NDC Members of Parliament-Elect were going to do.

This, he said, was the reason why the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament-Elect, decided not to reciprocate in equal measure on the floor of Parliament.

"I didn't want to destroy Akufo-Addo's swearing-in that is why I sat down quietly and observed the NDC members," Mr Agyapong said in a radio interview on Accra based Oman FM Friday [Jan 8, 2021], as quoted by Graphic Online.

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A picture of Mr Agyapong quietly seated in parliament with his hand supporting his chin amid the chaos has been celebrated on social media.

Reacting in the radio interview on Oman FM Friday morning, Mr Agyapong said: “I wasn’t the one to go and destroy Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in.”

“We [NPP] could have fought,” but it would have dragged and affect the swearing-in of MPs-Elect and eventually the President and his Vice-President's swearing-in, that is why we from the NPP side decided to be quiet to let the NDC members have their way.