Government must come clean on Gitmo detainees - Minority

The Minority Caucus of Parliament has asked government to come clean and tell Ghanaians the whole truth about the transfer of the two Guantanamo Bay ex- detainees into the country. 

According to the Caucus there is too much confusion surrounding the GTMO Agreement and there are more questions than answers. 

Addressing a News Conference in Parliament today, the Minority said even as the Presidency tries to conceal the truth from the citizenry, the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has also failed to admit urgent questions filed by five New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs on the matter thereby denying them the opportunity to scrutinize the considerations that went into accepting the detainees into Ghana. 

The controversy surrounding the transfer of the two Guantanamo Bay detainees Mammoud Omar Muhamed bin Atef and Khalid Salih Mohamed al-Dhuby into the country continues to rage on. 

According to the Minority Caucus of Parliament, the whole process in admitting the detainees is shrouded in secrecy which in a democracy is unacceptable. 

The News Conference was addressed by the Ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee and MP for Subin, Isaac Osei. 

He said President Mahama breached the Constitution in entering into the Agreement with the US without prior approval from Parliament.

Meanwhile the Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh, has been billed to brief Parliament on the matter on Friday (February, 19).

GBC