{"id":14374,"date":"2025-11-11T07:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14374"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:55:11","slug":"they-didnt-come-to-the-party-shaibu-mahama-mocks-minority-over-cj-vetting-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14374","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They didn\u2019t come to the party\u2019 \u2013 Shaibu Mahama mocks Minority over CJ vetting walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daboya-Mankarigu MP, Shaibu Mahama, has ridiculed the Minority Caucus for walking out of Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee hearing for the next Chief Justice, saying their actions exposed a lack of preparation and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on\u00a0<em>JoyNews\u2019 PM Express<\/em>\u00a0on Monday, November 10, he said the Minority came to the vetting \u201cwith a script\u201d but failed to follow through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, the Minority came not to ask questions, but it came with a script. Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t mark the script,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/2025\/11\/11\/they-didnt-come-to-the-party-shaibu-mahama-mocks-minority-over-cj-vetting-walkout\/screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5-25-53-am-1024x546\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-14375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5.25.53-am-1024x546-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5.25.53-am-1024x546-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5.25.53-am-1024x546-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5.25.53-am-1024x546-1-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-5.25.53-am-1024x546-1-750x400.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vetting of Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice was thrown into controversy on Monday after the Minority Caucus announced its rejection of his nomination and abstained from the vetting.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, announced by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, followed a tense exchange with Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga that led to a brief suspension of the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>When the session resumed, Mr Afenyo-Markin led his side to walk out, leaving only Majority MPs on the Appointments Committee to continue with the vetting process.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shaibu argued that the Majority Leader acted strictly within the rules of Parliament during the heated exchanges that preceded the walkout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single act that the Majority Leader did was clearly in line with the rules and regulations that govern the proceedings of Parliament.\u00a0 &#8220;Indeed, the vetting committee or appointments committee is an extension of Parliament. So every rule that you will expect from Plenary is the same rules that are applied,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: The content provided on Fish FM Online is for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information presented. Fish FM Online and its affiliates are not responsible for any errors or omissions, nor for any decisions made based on the content available on our platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daboya-Mankarigu MP, Shaibu Mahama, has ridiculed the Minority Caucus for walking out of Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee hearing for the next Chief Justice, saying their actions exposed a lack of preparation and purpose. Appearing on\u00a0JoyNews\u2019 PM Express\u00a0on Monday, November 10, he said the Minority came to the vetting \u201cwith a script\u201d but failed to follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":14376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[4497,4496],"class_list":["post-14374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-cj-vetting-walkout","tag-shaibu-mahama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14378,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14374\/revisions\/14378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}