A recent Afrobarometer survey ranking Parliament as the third most corrupt institution in Ghana has been criticised by several members of parliament as sad. The parliamentarians said that the perception report is unjust and results from a lack of knowledge of what MPs actually do.
A.B.A. Fuseini, a Sagnarigu lawmaker, said in a statement to JoyNews on Wednesday that the legislature as a body that makes laws does not directly profit from the matters it deals with.
As a result, it is impossible for Parliament to be corrupt.
"I would ever, ever claim that MPs are saints or that you can never catch someone doing anything wrong. However, I respectfully disagree with the assertion that the organisation as a whole is so blatantly corrupt that it has been placed third. "Perhaps some people are dissatisfied with Parliament. Particularly given how drastically life has fallen off for most Ghanaians, they accuse MPs of doing a poor job of their jobs out of rage, he emphasised.
MPs find it terrible that Parliament is the third most corrupt institution.
Sylvester Tetteh defended his colleague, the Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro MP, by claiming that perception reports might hinder national growth. In light of this, he advised research institutes to exercise prudence when disseminating such findings to the general public.
"I haven't seen the evidence supporting this, but I'll make an objective judgement once I do. But if it is only a perception, they need to face reality because, given the current condition of MPs, I'm not sure how an election could be won. According to the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development's Afrobarometer report, the Ghana Police Service and the Presidency are among the nation's most corrupt institutions (CDD-Ghana)
The study discovered that the Police, with a score of 65 percent, was at the top of the food chain, while the Presidency came in second with a score of 55 percent.
Members of Parliament were ranked third in the category by the study, receiving a score of 54%. Following that order were judges and magistrates, tax officers, and the Electoral Commission.
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