Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus over their posture about conducting government businesses.
According to him, the NPP MPs must be able to consensus building due to the close numbers in Parliament.
Mr Akandoh made these remarks on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Wednesday, following the tension in parliament over Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four seats vacant.
“Irrespective of the side they had sat at the Minority side and all MPs were present, would the Speaker have said he doesn’t have the numbers to take decisions? They didn’t think through their actions.
“In any case, if you have such a parliament with close numbers, you always build consensus; you don’t flex your muscles,” he said.
The NPP caucus abandoned the chamber n Tuesday, October 22, causing the Speaker to indefinitely suspend the House due to the insufficient numbers to take decisions on government businesses.
The caucus has since petitioned the speaker, requesting a recall for urgent government businesses to continue.
However, Mr Akandoh has questioned the essence of the NPP MPs walkout when they knew there were issues that required urgent consideration.
“If they had stayed in the chamber, would the speaker has said we don’t have the numbers to make decisions? This is a hung parliament and even if you are minority and government business is going on smoothly, is that not what you want? What will the name do?
“In any case it doesn’t mean you will win every motion because you are majority. It is just about the numbers for voting. You have ministers who are always travelling around on national assignments so this pride is unnecessary. The fact that you are majority doesn’t mean you are the leader of government business,” he added.
Mr Akandoh further asserted that, all the controversies could have been avoided if Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin hadn’t rushed to the Supreme Court.
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