Leader of Government Business in Ghana’s Parliament, Osei-Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said leadership of the House cannot force any Member of Parliament to participate in the busines of law crafting in the House.
According to him political parties should take serious introspection of getting lawmakers to represent them in the House.
He further pointed out that there are only few members of the House who usually participate in law crafting and those who are interested are always in the House when laws are being crafted, and it was unfortunate three of the regular members who participate would not be coming back to the House in the next parliament.
And suggested that if the three members could become consultant to help the House in their work, “that is why I have appealed to political parties to do serious introspection of our so called democracy, it is not helping and this is now the way to grow our democracy, we are going down the slop as a House”.
Again, he noted that the House should admit that every lawmaker should be in the House to participate in legislation, hence the need for leadership of the parties in the House to talk to their parties. “What is happening is not the best, we are wasting the best people in the House”.
This came to light on the floor of the House on Friday, last week when, Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Este Kwami Dafeamekpor wanted the Majority Leader to suspend working of bills on the floor till after recess where members would have finished with the presidential and parliamentary elections.
“We are considering very important bills and looking at the number of our colleagues participating, it is not encouraging at all. Can we suspend them so that after the elections we can consider these very important bills”? he said.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com
