Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, who chairs the special parliamentary committee set up to investigate the leaked tape suggesting a plan to oust the IGP, says the committee will be sensitive to issues of national security during the inquisition.
A seven member committee was formed by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to probe the controversial tape which contained machinations by an alleged NPP Chairman and some other unidentified persons to oust the IGP, George Akuffo Dampare, in order to ease the rigging of the 2024 general elections.
The committee’s hearing will be held in public.
However, speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story, Atta Akyea noted that while the content of the tape can no longer be considered a national security concern, in the process of the inquisition, should a matter be considered sensitive a request will be made for that information to be delivered in-camera.
“If in trying to interrogate any of the issues, issues of national security should pop up, we will exercise our discretion in the matter and things that should not come into the public domain; we won’t put in the public domain. And that is how we’re going to tread,” he said.
He added that “We are very much conscious of the national security implications of what we’re trying to do. But as you rightly said the tape ceases to be of national security matter because if the cat is out of the bag then what is the national security about?
“The only thing which is important is that, if we should bring individuals who by the testimony were on the tape, but their testimonies are going to hurt national security clearly I don’t see how we’ll be insensitive to the matter of national security. Ignore national security and then proceed with the interrogation, we’re not going to do that.”
Meanwhile, the committee has been tasked with investigating the authenticity of the leaked tape, as well as the allegations contained therein.
The committee is also tasked with making recommendations on how to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.
It is to present a report to parliament on September 10, 2023.
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