Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says there is no Standing Order mandating the Minority Leader to appear before any committee for refusing to escort the president. Kyei Mensah-Bonsu was responding to a call by deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for Mensah-Bonsu to be hauled immediately to the Privileges Committee of Parliament to answer for his refusal to be part of the retinue to escort the president after he addressed Parliament on Thursday. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said it was the first time in the nation's history that a Minority Leader had refused to comply with Standing Orders in parliament. Ablakwa said Osei Kyei Mensah's refusal to escort the president was an insult to the President and the People of Ghana. "This is what democracy is all about, we should agree to disagree but if the Minority Leader refused to comply with standing orders in Parliament then he is not worth his position" he added. However, Mr. Kyei Mensah Bonsu told Adom News in an interview that the Vice President, then Member of Parliament for Bole, refused to recognise President Kufuor when he presented the State of the Nation in the year 2000. He challenged the Deputy Minister of Information to go back and study the Standing Orders of Parliament instead of exposing his ignorance. Story: Samuel Mantey/Adom News