Anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu has chastised the Deputy Minority Leader of Parliament for denying the existence of a purported video that captures some Members of Parliament indulging in corrupt practices.
Mr. Amidu who has mounted a spirited defence over the existence of such video has also accused investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the president, of suppressing the video to shield some corrupt politicians in the country.
He further claimed that the leadership of Parliament secretly watched the video.
But the Deputy Minority Leader, Dominic Nitiwul, has denied the claim, saying they only watched the video on judicial corruption.
“I don’t know who may have told Martin Amidu that Parliamentary leadership or any MP watched any video of Members of Parliament caught on tape allegedly being corrupt, it’s not a true story. We did have the privilege to watch the judiciary corruption thing before it became public. It has nothing to do with parliament,” he insisted.
However, speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Martin Amidu stood by his claims, saying MPs from both the NPP and NDC had confirmed that they [MPs] had watched the video.
“Mr. Nitiwul must know that I’m not such a fool as would expect him as part of the leadership of Parliament who secretly viewed the parliamentary corruption video at the instance of the executive and bid to hot it up to come to public and tell the public that yes indeed they watched it. I have said that there are 275 members of parliament and I have intelligence from MPs from his party as well as the governing party that this action has happened,” he said.
Mr. Amidu argued that because the head of the legislature viewed the video behind closed doors “nobody is going to come out to breach those standing orders even though what they did is unconstitutional.”
“… I don’t expect him to come out and agree but I have said that even Anas never agreed that he has secretly shown them anything until I came out. Having confirmed half of my story, I am saying that the other half is true and those members of Parliament from both sides who have confided in me are right and I adduced other evidence to show that the thing exist. So I don’t expect him, he is childish,” he added.
When asked why the MPs informed him about the video Mr. Amidu said: “they are incorruptible members of parliament who were enunciated with the government and Anas trying to compromise corrupt people, that is the only reason why they will come to the Citizen Vigilante because they knew that Citizen Vigilante will talk about it.”
Source: citifmonline
