Former Deputy Majority Leader and Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has disclosed that the number of votes cast to remove Prof. Mike Ocquaye as Speaker of Parliament was so overwhelming that she cannot reveal the figures publicly.
Speaking in an interview on Movement Radio/TV, she claimed that the rejection of Prof. Ocquaye was not the result of a few individuals but a larger group who had persistently called for his replacement.
“They were not two or one, those who voted against him were more than that number,” she stated, suggesting that the scale of opposition within Parliament was significant.
According to her, the MPs who voted against him had long expressed their dissatisfaction and had even lobbied for a change in leadership.
“They were always coming to us to tell us Nana to replace him,” she revealed, indicating that the removal was premeditated.
She further suggested that the results of the vote were so contentious that they could have sparked national chaos.
“If ballots had been counted on that day, Ghana would have turned upside down,” she remarked, hinting at the tension surrounding the election of a new Speaker.
Adwoa Safo also defended the controversial actions of Carlos Ahenkorah, who attempted to snatch ballot papers during the parliamentary vote, implying that he was reacting to the shocking scale of votes against Ocquaye.
“The people who voted NO were not one or two. We had a national security minister. Why do you think that Hon. Carlos was gingered to go and destroy the ballots? Do you think there is something wrong with him?” she questioned.
