[ 2021-03-08 ]

How NDC MPs could have rejected Hawa Koomson, Oppong Nkrumah and others

Former Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal
and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament,
Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has explained the process
National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers ought
to have adopted in rejecting the nomination of
three controversial persons.

The approval of Information Minister-designate,
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate for
Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson and
Minister-designate, for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu
Afriyie Akoto was characterized by controversy
last week and had to be subjected to a secret
ballot on the floor of parliament.

Shockingly, all three sailed through after
garnering majority votes suggesting that some
members of the NDC actually voted for them in
order to confirm their nomination exacerbating the
anger of NDC grassroots.

But speaking on how it should have been done if
the party was determined to reject the nominees,
he indicated that they ought to have resorted to a
three-line whip which is a strict instruction to
attend and vote according to a party’s position,
breach of which would normally have serious
consequences.

“A three-line whip is simply that, no member can
vote outside what the party or the caucus has
decided, and when you vote, you must actually find
a way to show that you have actually voted as
directed [by leadership], and this wasn’t
used.”

The former Tamale Central lawmaker expressed
disappointment in the turn of events on the floor
of parliament paving way for the three nominees to
be passed.

Source - My News

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