Mr Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader, has received a backlash from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority over his remarks that Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running-mate of the NDC's flagbearer, is over 70 years old. Mr Afenyo-Markin, in his submission during the conclusion of the Parliamentary debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, said selecting Prof Opoku-Agyemang as the running- mate was a wrong choice. This drew a strong protest from the NDC Minority, which led to heckling and banging of tables. 'Mr Speaker, it is the same old NDC. It is the same old John Mahama…. Even if you look at his choice of running mate, he could not get somebody that one could say that oh they are planning for the future,' he said. 'The person is over 70 years, they have no succession plan. Mr Speaker, from day one, their government will be in crisis. Mr Speaker, they went to pick the very old person who could not perform at the Education Ministry.' 'The flagbearer , constitutionally has just one term. Should that happen, the flagbearer has chosen a running mate, Mr Speaker. Under normal circumstances, they should have given us a running mate who can offer a future to Ghana.' These, among other comments Mr Afenyo-Markin made, which the Minority Caucus considered as distasteful, brought Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, the Deputy Minority Whip and MP for Banda, to his feet, who demanded a retraction of those comments and apology by the Majority Leader to Prof Opoku-Agyemang. Mr Ibrahim argued that Prof Opoku-Agyemang was not in the House to respond to the allegations leveled against her. In the midst of the banging of tables and shouts of 'you must withdraw and apologise', Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the Second Deputy Speaker, presiding, suspended sitting for one hour. The House later resumed for Mr Afenyo-Markin to conclude his remarks on the SONA. Source: Ghana News Agency Tunisian citizens are insisting on bringing those who stole their money to justice. If they are willing to return the money, they will be welcome. Otherwise, they will be held responsible,» said, President of the Republic, Kais Saied, during a swearing-in ceremony of the new members of the National Criminal Reconciliation Committee, held, Tuesday, at Carthage Palace. «A historic responsibility will be delegated to this Committee which must tackle each corruption case thoroughly and then submit its outcomes to me,» the Head of State pointed out, criticizing the reconciliation requests made in the past. The President indicated that these requests resulted in «arrangements» followed by modest sums while the parties concerned by these requests were supposed to return tens of billions to the Tunisian people. «We are looking for justice rather than revenge. We are not seeking to send anyone to prison. Those who stole the money of the people must return it. This is going to be their last chance if they still refu se to comply with the criminal reconciliation,» Saied underlined. The new members of the National Criminal Reconciliation Committee were appointed in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 139-2024 dated March 8, 2024, published in the Official Gazette of the Tunisian Republic (JORT) on Tuesday. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse