Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused the government of deploying state institutions to intimidate opposition lawmakers, insisting that the Minority will not abandon its oversight role despite what he describes as mounting pressure.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the Effutu MP alleged that arrests, detentions and other actions involving members of the caucus formed part of a broader attempt to weaken opposition voices.
“We see in this pattern a coordinated autocratic abuse of power intended to exhaust our resolve and silence our voices,” he said.
His remarks followed an incident in Parliament on Tuesday, when Damongo MP Samuel Abu Jinapor was escorted out of the chamber by a Parliamentary Marshal after refusing to withdraw an allegation he had made against Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Afenyo-Markin said the Minority accepted that lawmakers, like all citizens, must be held accountable under the law. However, he argued that lawful accountability should not be used as a means of forcing political submission.
The Minority Leader maintained that the caucus would continue scrutinising government decisions and speaking on issues affecting Ghanaians, regardless of the challenges its members face.
He also said the public's expectations had strengthened the opposition's determination to remain firm in its parliamentary responsibilities.
“What we resist and will never desist from resisting is a conversion of State power into an instrument of political submission,” he stated.
Reaffirming the caucus's position, Afenyo-Markin declared that the opposition would not be intimidated into silence.
“We shall not be moved. We shall not be cowed. And we surely shall not be silenced,” he added.
