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September 9, 2021
Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has advised Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to make input, if they have any to the ongoing revision work on the Standing Orders of Ghana’s Parliament.
According to him the revised Standing Orders is formally before the Subsidiary Legislation Committee which is chaired by, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, and pleaded with CSOs to engage and submit their own input”.
He made this remarks on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 when CSOs and the media engaged him in a zoom meeting to congratulate and engage him after his election as vice chairperson of the Commonwealth Association on the topic, “Africa PMOs Meeting with Vice Chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association”.
When members of the Civil Society Organisation in Ghana, wanted to know the state of the revised Standing Order currently, he said “we have gone beyond first and second draft, we have done five drafts already, the final one we would submit to Dr. Ayine and we are engaging them ahead of time, after that we would bring their input and the consolidated one to the plenary for discussion”.
Again, this would allow members to contribute to it either at the committee of the whole or joint caucus meeting for either two or three days.
“When we agree on the terms, then we would consolidate everything then it can be laid in parliament, when laid it goes back to the subsidiary legislation Committee, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com