News:
March 1, 2011
The Speaker of Parliament Joyce Banford Addo suspended sitting on Tuesday following near chaotic scenes on the floor of the House
The Majority is demanding an unconditional apology from the Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who they accuse of desecrating the Legislative body.
The Minority Leader refused to escort President John Mills out of the chamber after the president’s delivered his third State of the Nation Address.
He was protesting what he said was a sad and partisan address ever by a president, citing the president’s failure to acknowledge the Chief Justice and ex-president John Kufuor both of who were present during the address.
The Minority Leader has since called the president and apologised promising the ugly scene will not repeat itself.
But the Majority is unimpressed. They want an official apology rendered to the president on the floor by the Minority Leader and are not ready to compromise.
On Tuesday, MP for Asawasi, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak began the chorus for an apology and his colleagues in the Majority booed, cheered and shouted along; but the Minority Leader said he is not ready to apologise anymore than he has done already; and had the unflinching support from the Minority who equally booed and snapped.
The Speaker who had wanted a gentleman’s resolution to the problem could bare no longer the shouts and tantrums from the MPs and decided to suspend sitting.
Tension in Parliament; Speaker suspends sitting
The Speaker of Parliament Joyce Banford Addo suspended sitting on Tuesday following near chaotic scenes on the floor of the House
The Majority is demanding an unconditional apology from the Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who they accuse of desecrating the Legislative body.
The Minority Leader refused to escort President John Mills out of the chamber after the president’s delivered his third State of the Nation Address.
He was protesting what he said was a sad and partisan address ever by a president, citing the president’s failure to acknowledge the Chief Justice and ex-president John Kufuor both of who were present during the address.
The Minority Leader has since called the president and apologised promising the ugly scene will not repeat itself.
But the Majority is unimpressed. They want an official apology rendered to the president on the floor by the Minority Leader and are not ready to compromise.
On Tuesday, MP for Asawasi, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak began the chorus for an apology and his colleagues in the Majority booed, cheered and shouted along; but the Minority Leader said he is not ready to apologise anymore than he has done already; and had the unflinching support from the Minority who equally booed and snapped.
The Speaker who had wanted a gentleman’s resolution to the problem could bare no longer the shouts and tantrums from the MPs and decided to suspend sitting.
Tension in Parliament; Speaker suspends sitting
The Speaker of Parliament Joyce Banford Addo suspended sitting on Tuesday following near chaotic scenes on the floor of the House
The Majority is demanding an unconditional apology from the Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who they accuse of desecrating the Legislative body.
The Minority Leader refused to escort President John Mills out of the chamber after the president’s delivered his third State of the Nation Address.
He was protesting what he said was a sad and partisan address ever by a president, citing the president’s failure to acknowledge the Chief Justice and ex-president John Kufuor both of who were present during the address.
The Minority Leader has since called the president and apologised promising the ugly scene will not repeat itself.
But the Majority is unimpressed. They want an official apology rendered to the president on the floor by the Minority Leader and are not ready to compromise.
On Tuesday, MP for Asawasi, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak began the chorus for an apology and his colleagues in the Majority booed, cheered and shouted along; but the Minority Leader said he is not ready to apologise anymore than he has done already; and had the unflinching support from the Minority who equally booed and snapped.
The Speaker who had wanted a gentleman’s resolution to the problem could bare no longer the shouts and tantrums from the MPs and decided to suspend sitting.
Tension in Parliament; Speaker suspends sitting
The Speaker of Parliament Joyce Banford Addo suspended sitting on Tuesday following near chaotic scenes on the floor of the House
The Majority is demanding an unconditional apology from the Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who they accuse of desecrating the Legislative body.
The Minority Leader refused to escort President John Mills out of the chamber after the president’s delivered his third State of the Nation Address.
He was protesting what he said was a sad and partisan address ever by a president, citing the president’s failure to acknowledge the Chief Justice and ex-president John Kufuor both of who were present during the address.
The Minority Leader has since called the president and apologised promising the ugly scene will not repeat itself.
But the Majority is unimpressed. They want an official apology rendered to the president on the floor by the Minority Leader and are not ready to compromise.
On Tuesday, MP for Asawasi, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak began the chorus for an apology and his colleagues in the Majority booed, cheered and shouted along; but the Minority Leader said he is not ready to apologise anymore than he has done already; and had the unflinching support from the Minority who equally booed and snapped.
The Speaker who had wanted a gentleman’s resolution to the problem could bare no longer the shouts and tantrums from the MPs and decided to suspend sitting.