The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is worried about public bashing following the debate on the proposed new 450-seater parliamentary Chamber.
“As a person I may have my own ideas but I belong to the collective and so what I do out there is to put out information as to how it became necessary to engage in this exercise. It has nothing to do with me,” he said.
Addressing a press conference on the matter which has become a matter of public interest, the Majority Leader could not fathom why Ghanaians are attacking his personality instead of discussing the real issues.
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“It is most unfortunate and most uninformed that people are not discussing issues but they are attacking the personality of Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. If the information is not standard, you can argue on that but don’t attack the personality,” he said angrily.
Social media – Facebook and Twitter – have been inundated with harsh criticisms against Parliament and its leadership in connection with the new proposed Chamber.
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Mr Mensah-Bonsu, who has been vocal in justifying the need for a new Chamber, told Accra-based Citi TV on Wednesday that: “Parliament, since independence, is that one arm of government that has not had a purpose-fit facility built for it, so, this is not a decision we are making today.
“The reason the Board is considering this is because of the myriad of challenges confronting the current Chamber.”
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He insisted that the move to build a new Chamber is not an Executive decision but was taken by Parliament as an institution.
Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy