Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has lashed out at the decision of the United States to strip top government official, MPs and even former Presidents of protocol visa allocation for personal visits to the U.S.
The Directive of the US government said all former presidents including John Dramani Mahama, and John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor will have to  join a queue like other Ghanaians seeking visas to visit the United States for non official trips.
This was made known by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson when he met the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament.
Speaking to Accra based Starr FM on Friday, Andrew Egyapa Mercer described the move by the US government as extremely worrying and an insult to the sovereignty of Ghana.
“It is a sign of disrespect to our entire nation,†he passionately told Morning Starr host Francis Abban.
He said stressed the decision is in bad faith, "the next time [they] will even touch our sitting presidents to say that the sitting president will have to appear in person if he requires a visa…It is unfair,†he added.