Isaac Asiamah, who is MP for Atwima Mponua said Mrs Iddrisu's allegations leveled against him last week were false. She had accused him of describing her actions in respect of the €94 million payment to CP as fraudulent but he said she had misrepresented what he said.
Wagging the Parliamentary hansard, Mr Asiamah said he used the word “flawed” in describing a document and not “fraud” as Mrs Iddrisu and her counsel had insisted.
The Chairman of PAC, Mr. Kan Dapaah however declined to heed to the former AG’s request, stating that he did not have the power to take out a member on the committee adding that such powers were vested in the Speaker of Parliament, Joyce Bamford-Addo.
After some back and forth argument between Mrs Mould Iddrisu and her lead counsel Nana Ato Dadzie on one side and the PAC Chairman, Mr Kan-Dapaah on the other side, the witness began taking questions from the committee.
Kan-Dapaah asked the former AG to clarify the fact that Yamoransa-Assin Praso road, Akim Oda road projects which CP were given claims for were never constructed by the company.
In response, the former AG maintained that the total amount €94 million paid to CP encompassed mobilization, demobilization costs incurred on the said road projects for which no construction was done.
The hearing, which was fraught with intermittent debates and disagreement over procedure and law, was adjourned to Thursday with the former AG expected to respond to issues on CP.-myjoyonline
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