[ 2021-02-14 ]

Do more to unite MPs in Parliament – Muntaka to Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
The Minority Chief whip Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak
has admonished the Parliamentary Affairs
minister-designate Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to do
more to unite the Legislature.

He says the eighth Parliament will better serve
Ghanaians if the members work efficiently
irrespective of their political affiliations.

While commending the majority leader for his hard
work, Muntaka Mubarak urged him to be more
consultative in steering the affairs of the
legislature as sector Minister.

“I have heard him say, ‘I have been more
consultative than any other leader in this house
but, unfortunately, i disagree with him. If you
propose something to me and I give my view but you
disagree with it and still do what you want to do,
I don’t think that’s consulting, that is
informing because you have made up your mind and
are not ready to change it and that is my biggest
problem.”

“With the kind of Parliament that we have, it is
my hope that he will find a way to reflect and
manage this other party. I don’t expect you to
be an angel but if you manage to just encourage
and take all of us along, even though we are
neck-to-neck then I’m sure we will be able to do
a lot of things to make this parliament unique and
great and be able to deliver our mandate to the
admiration of all Ghanaians.”

There is currently an even split between the
National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic
Party MPs in Parliament with 137 apiece.

The decision of the independent MP from Women to
side with the NPP MPs made them the Majority group
in Parliament.

Observers have said the current make-up of
Parliament has made more collaboration between the
two sides more critical.

Source - Citinewsroom

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