Source: Onuaonline.com
Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Prampram, has said the decision of the members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to vacate Tuesday’s sitting was an exhibition of arrogance of power.
He says that character will leave them in opposition in the next six weeks and possibly the next four years after the December 07 elections.
Sam George was commenting on the refusal of the Members of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to attend sitting on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, when the House resumed after the vacant seats declaration brouhaha.
Speaking with Akua Sarpomaa in Parliament after boycotting the House before the Speaker’s arrival, he described their gesture as disrespectful to the Speaker’s office and Parliament as a whole.
The NPP MPs had said they were waiting for the Speaker to arrive before they come to the chamber, since their position as Majority had been occupied by the NDC MPs.
But Sam George said the upbringing of the NPP has been nothing but arrogance which he was sure would be the determining factor to put them to opposition.
“It’s unfortunate the arrogance of power has shrouded their upbringing because in parliamentary proceedings, we all wait for the Speaker to come so we all do business. The exit of the NPP MPs is a disrespect to the House.
“It is this arrogance of power that has sent them to opposition and they will be there for the next six weeks and possibly for the next four years,” he said on Onua TV in a live interview from Parliament.
Mr. Goerge’s comments follow the majority-minority conundrum in the House where both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) are claiming majority status.
The confusion comes as a result of a ruling by the Speaker of Parliament Thursday, October 17, 2024, where some four seats were declared vacant. The declaration, subsequently reduced the membership of the governing NPP, who were then Majority to 135, with the opposition NDC, who were the Minority, remaining with 136 members to assume the Majority position.
Leader of the NPP caucus, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, filed an ex parte motion in the Supreme Court, where it ruled to stay with the ruling of the Speaker.
This, has created a confusion since, with both caucuses claiming to be the majority side of the House.
The Speaker adjourned sitting indefinitely after the House couldn’t attain quorum.
Source: www.onuaonline.com
