The Privileges Committee of Parliament, which has the power of a High Court, will soon invite Koku Anyidoho, Head of Communications at the Presidency, to answer contempt charges brought against him for reportedly insulting some leaders of the Minority Caucus in the august House. Chairman of the Committee and First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho who announced this on the floor of Parliament on Friday, indicated that the recording of the said insults has been received. The First Deputy Speaker, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Avenor-Ave, said he has directed that the recordings be transcribed to enable members of the Privileges Committee appraise the full contents of the reported statements before inviting Anyidoho for hearing. The revelation of the First Deputy Speaker followed a prompting by MP for Old Tafo, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei that the issue has been on the shelves of the Privileges Committee for far too long. Anyidoho was said to have bad-mouthed the Minority Members of Parliament, particularly, Fredrick Opare-Ansah and Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Chief Whip and Leader respectively, describing them as an “irresponsible lot and a group of bellicose, whimsical and capricious people”. He reportedly used the abusive language on Citi Fm in response to suggestions by Opare-Ansah that impeachment proceedings could be initiated against the President in line with Article 69 (1) of the 1992 Constitution if it is established that the Chief Executive of the land had indeed only rejected two ‘brown envelopes’ meant to corrupt him but failed to report the people who attempted to bribe him to the Police for prosecution, as claimed by Kwame Pianim, a renowned economist and management consultant. DAILY GUIDE learnt that subsequent diplomatic maneuvers by Anyidoho’s bosses at the presidency to get him to eat humble pie, retract the insults and duly apologize to the minority proved futile as he remained adamant, a situation which left the Minority group with no option but to seek drastic measures against him. Consequently, deputy Minority Leader, Ambrose Derry, cited Anyidoho for contempt of Parliament Petitioning the House on the matter, Mr Ambrose Derry, who is also the MP for Lawra/Nandom in the Upper West Region, indicated that Anyidoho’s outbursts were offensive not only to the dignity and integrity of members of the minority, but to the whole House, appealing that the case be referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament. Source: Daily Guide