The Minority leader in Parliament has questioned the Oath of Office President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia took during their swearing in.
Haruna Iddrisu said the first and second gentlemen of the land pronounced crucial words in the wrong order at their inauguration on January 7.
The Second Schedule of the 1992 Constitution contains forms of oath that has to be taken by President-elect, Vice-President-elect, Members of Parliament (MP), Council of State Members, Cabinet members, Auditor-General, Speaker of Parliament, Chief Justice and Ministers of State.
According to Mr Iddrisu, instead of the President saying “…I dedicate myself to the service and well-being of the people of the Republic of Ghana and to do right to all manner of persons,” he said “…I dedicate myself to the service and welfare...”
The former Employment Minister continued that when the Vice President was taking the Oath of Allegiance, he was also supposed to have said “…that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of Ghana,” but in a weird manner said “ I will uphold the Insovereign...”
Although he did not call for the Oaths to be retaken as it is done in some jurisdictions, he entreated government officials to take their oaths seriously since they represent the heart of the Constitution.
A case in point was when former United States President, Barack Obama missed some words in his Oath of Office. Confusion arose in the country after a newspaper carried the headline “Oaf of Office.” This prompted calls for former President Obama to retake the oath. Chief Justice John Roberts readministered the oath to the President at the White House.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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@PEE well-being instead of welfare...thank you
MELEE NDC PARTY AND EXECUTIVES, WITH THIS INFALLIBLE,PROPAGANDA NDC WILL REMAIN IN OPPOSITION FOR LONG.
Petty
Is it not this same Haruna Iddrisu who plagiarized somebody's work for his thesis and he was denied his masters degree? Eiiiiiiii!!
HALUNNAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHLUUUULKULULULULNANANANAN NA WHY
So is this all that ndc has to be their minority leader? Eeeeeeeeiiiiii what a dead party? So is this the one Alban Bagbin is supporting to be a potential presidential candidate for the ndc, I believe that party is dead already. NDC thinks loud mouth makes a leader then the civilized world wouldn't get leaders but they have the best. A leader must be visionary,with wisdom, and knowledge,a matured and humorous person not this type of foools, idiooots,visionless, unknowledgeable,arrogant,disrespect and rude attitude,loud mouth with no sense and that is the hall mark of the ndc so it will take them over 40 years to get power. Rawlings has regretted forming that party to contain fuuuuls in Ghana,in fact had it not been the existence of the ndc I never knew Ghana had a lot of idiooots. Ghana after independence have got so many governments both military and civilian but of all ndc has the most fuuuuls to the extent the wife of the founder had to form a new party and the founder Der had to excuse himself from the activities of his own party. No parent is honored by ***barred word*** being your children,they bring nothing but disgrace.Papa JJ would have been happy if he had even 10 of his party members with wisdom and knowledge like the NPP or PPP. I think he is even confused about the crop of people in his party acting as leaders. His sweat and blood seem in vain and I pity him. May God grant perfect peace to the gallant sons of this land who formed the United Party whose offspring is the NPP,their labour has not been in vain and the fruits their labour is bearing is for all to see home and abroad. We Say Thank You to those forefathers from the four corners of our country including every region. You left a good legacy for the generation after you to stand on to fight for the country. Democracy of Development in freedom,justice and liberty for all. I SAY AYEKOO !You are Gone But What You Believe In Is Still Alive.
Haruna is Infallible. I doubt if he has ever made any mistake during his life time. Can u count the number of mistakes The Former President, Prof Atta Mills of blessed memory made on the same oath? Go back and watch that clip and come again.
PLEASE GO AND PAY ALL THE UNPAID DEBTS YOUR PARTY LEFT BEHIND AND FORGET ABOUT OATHS ETC. YOU CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE MEMBER.
as for the npp fanatics outchea di3 , boi. ... even indece day brochure they made a lotta noise but when their leaders messes up their oaths of office , they claim it ain't gonna put food on our table. if I may ask ?, did da indece day brochure put food on our table? why can't u guys just take simple criticism ?
Hon. Haruna, you have said it. This is not about party,but about the right things and you have said it rightly. This is a lesson for all.