The Minority in Parliament has dissociated itself from the cash-for-seat report that has been laid before the House, venting its frustration on the Speaker.

The opposition lawmakers say Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has been opposed to the investigation of the cash-for-seat scandal despite constituting the Special Investigative Committee.

Addressing an emergency news conference in Accra Tuesday, Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu said they will not allow the Speaker to dictate the pace in the House.

“The House is not the Speaker of Parliament,” a visibly angry Tamale South Member of Parliament said shortly after walking out of Parliament.

The Cash-for-seat Committee has submitted its 146-page report to Parliament after interviewing at least eight people on the matter.

The Committee was formed by the Speaker of Parliament following Minority claims that Trades Minister Alan Kyeremateng extorted money from some expatriate businesses in exchange for seats close to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at an Awards night.

The Trades Minister has denied any wrongdoing and the president has said nothing untoward was done in the matter.

But the five-member bipartisan Committee charged to investigate the matter, split days to the conclusion of its work, leading to the release of separate reports.

Leading the Minority side is Bolga East MP Dr Dominic Ayine who accused his Majority colleagues of covering up for the Trades Minister and event organisers, Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF).

Trades Minister Alan Kyeremateng

Regrouping after they boycotted a sitting to consider the report submitted by the Committee, Mr Iddrisu said the Minority does not want to have anything to do with the issue.

“If you see the Minority dissociate ourselves it is because we are convinced the edge of justice is not being used right,” he said.

Also speaking to the media, Dr Ayine said the Minority's report is not significantly different from the one submitted by the Committee Chairman Ameyaw Kyeremeh.

"The findings of fact reflect that," the former law lecturer said, adding "whilst we were working there was a pretence at a consensus."

But he revealed after every sitting of the Committee, the two Minority members meet to evaluate the evidence presented because their Majority counterparts tried to hide the truth from them.

He said the conduct of the Majority was similar to the behavior of his headmaster at High School who always said: "my mind is made up, don’t confuse me with the fact.’

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