Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta survived a censure motion filed against him by the Minority caucus of Parliament.
This followed a walk-out staged by the majority caucus on Thursday, 8 December 2022 during a debate on the report of by an ad hoc committee that probed the seven allegations against him.
The walk-out left only 136 MPs on the floor, thus, the Minority caucus failed to garner the at least two-thirds majority of votes (183) needed to have succeeded in removing Mr Ofori-Atta from office for mismanaging the economy among others.
Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Mensah led the walk-out.
He said his caucus could not support a baseless and politically motivated motion of the minority caucus birthed out of bad faith and aimed at embarrassing the president’s cousin.
“You want us to follow you on this misadventure. Mr Speaker, like Pontius Pilate did, we will wash our hands of this”, he said on the floor of parliament just before his side walked out of the chamber.