/ Minority Leader expresses outrage over selective camera shots during heated Energy Levy debate, warns of rising partisanship in parliamentary media coverage.
০ Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin protests partisan conduct by parliamentary cameramen.০ Incident occurred during the debate on the 2025 Energy Sector Levy Bill on June 3, 2025.০ Cameraman allegedly zoomed in on Afenyo-Markin’s feet after he removed his shoe due to pain.০ Afenyo-Markin: “Tomorrow, it will be you.”০ Urges Speaker to enforce professional standards in Parliament’s media coverage.
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Afenyo-Markin alleges deliberate focus by parliamentary cameramen to embarrass him, calling it politically motivated. |
Tempers flared in Ghana’s Parliament during the debate on the Energy Sector Levy Amendment Bill when Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin accused parliamentary camera operators of partisan targeting.
The Minority Leader's fury stemmed from a moment during the extended sitting on Tuesday, June 3, when he briefly removed his shoe due to discomfort. According to him, the cameraman deliberately zoomed in on his feet — an action he described as politically motivated and unprofessional.
"Mr Speaker, if a cameraman deliberately films the moment when I have taken my leg out of my shoe, to play politics with a camera, we will not take kindly to it," Afenyo-Markin asserted.
He drew comparisons to how the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, was covered, pointing out that the camera focused only on Ayariga’s torso, maintaining a dignified visual frame.
“If they are now focusing on our legs, why is it that when they go to the Majority Leader, they only focus on the upper part of his body?” he questioned.
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Afenyo-Markin warned that such media bias could set a dangerous precedent for future parliamentary sessions, cautioning the House:
“Today it may be me, but tomorrow it may be you… It is not right that when you are zooming a camera in the chamber, you go and target the Leader's shoe."
He called on the Speaker and the leadership of Parliament to rein in the media team and demand adherence to professional ethics and non-partisan coverage.
The emotional exchange came in the midst of the debate on the GH¢1 per litre Energy Sector Levy, introduced by Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson. The proposed levy is aimed at clearing energy sector debts and addressing power supply issues, but it has also faced public and political scrutiny.
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