[ 2012-04-23 ]

Rashid Pelpuo, Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament

Rashid Pelpuo cautions against intemperate language
Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament Rashid Pelpuo
is cautioning his colleague MPs against the use of
intemperate language, warning they could find
themselves in the same situation as the Assin
North MP Kennedy Agyapong.

Mr Agyapong, who was granted bail by a human
rights court, is facing charges of treason,
felony, attempted genocide and terrorism for
inflammatory comments he made on his radio
station, Oman FM.

He has been criticized by some who believe his
utterances have degraded his stature as a
legislator.

Mr Pelpuo, who is also MP for Wa Central, in an
interview with Joy News said the matter may come
up for discussion in parliament when the House
resumes.

The Deputy Majority Leader, who spoke to Joy FM's
Seth Kwame Boateng, said they, as MPs, “represent
the very standard set by society to be reflected
in us and so if we are caught in this situation;
it is very painful and is disappointing both to
society and to the system itself so it is a lesson
that we all have to learn.”

He stressed that “People must take responsibility
for what they say and what they do as a mature and
important person in society you can’t be forgiven
every time.”

“It is the same person who made a remark and said
insulting words against the President and he said
that somebody urged him to apologize and he did,
this is another time he’s said something which has
a very far reaching implication, if society
decides to pardon him, so well and good,” Mr
Pelpuo said.

He, however, urged that “he [Kennedy Agyapong]
must be cautioned and he must understand that we
don’t have to be that careless in the way we
speak.”

Source - Joy News

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