Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has reiterated concerns that the Finance Minister’s utterances concerning Ghana not going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) might be the reason for the delay.

His statement comes on the back of an earlier statement by the MP for Mpraeso, David Opoku Ansah who had stated that the continuous stay of Ken Ofori-Atta in office was delaying the IMF bailout the country is seeking.

Both MPs agree that the Finance Minister has lost the credibility to lead such negotiations with the Bretton Woods institution.

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr. Boakye Antwi stated that Mr. Ofori-Atta’s long-held position against the IMF makes him an unsuitable candidate to lead the negotiations thus joining calls for the Minister to be removed from office.

He said, “This particular pronouncement I suspect is creating problems with the Finance leader leading our discussion with the IMF. Why do I say that? It brings into sharp focus a huge credibility gap, you understand because we’ve already demonstrated to the world that you’re not a fan of the IMF and the IMF can’t help us out of the quagmire which we find ourselves today.

“In the same vein you’re the one leading the discussion. You see, this is my bone of contention, and this is where I believe that the President ought to do the right thing by asking his Finance Minister to step aside. That’s what politics is all about. If you make statements that run contrary to direction or situations around you, you just resign.”

The Subin MP is one of 80 New Patriotic Party MPs who are calling for the immediate removal of the Finance Minister.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the NPP legislators stated that they are displeased with the management of the economy under Ofori-Atta and have thus threatened to boycott all government business if the President does not sack his cousin.

“And the reason why some of us took the stance we took today , I think a month or two ago the President was in the northern part of Ghana, I’m not too sure which northern region, where he said that those calling for the head of Ken Ofori-Atta were NDC.

“So we have to demonstrate to him after spending three months in our respective constituencies that our constituents have sent us to come and deliver to him a very, very, very cold message that Ken Ofori-Atta has to step aside. That is where we find ourselves,” he said.

“For anybody to say what we did today in Parliament House is not in the best interest of this party, or my party and the government needs to re-examine themselves,” he concluded.