The Minority in Parliament has defended its recent calls for the resignation of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.

During the question-and-answer session at a press conference the minority held on government accountability on Monday, January 26, 2026, a journalist asked the caucus leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, whether their demand was motivated by hatred or by concerns over the minister’s conduct.

Responding, the Effutu MP dismissed claims of bias, stressing that the calls were genuine.

He insisted that certain utterances and actions by Ablakwa on the international front were putting Ghana at risk.

"We in the minority don’t attack personalities. From the vetting to the house floor to all engagements, we raise issues.

"How can our foreign minister have engagements with some ambassadors, write on social media and the next day, we hear of an embargo? How can you claim that Israel deported some Ghanaians, and without engaging, you also go ahead to say retaliation?" he quizzed.

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He continued, "If our foreign minister were that measured, he would have known that attacking Israel had consequences. So, we don’t have anything personal against anybody. In a serious democracy, when a policy fails, you resign; the minister resigns."

"So that call on him to resign is not borne out of our dislike for him. There is a clear foreign policy failure. He’s not walked the path of his predecessors who took foreign policy measures to a higher level," Afenyo-Markin stressed.

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Meanwhile, watch more videos from the Minority's presser on government accountability below: