News:
March 8, 2018
Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr. Yaw Baah has said he dislikes to see “young and new” Members of Parliament who disrespect the Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye.
According to the TUC boss, he supports spirited argument in Parliament between the Majority and the Minority side of the House, it gladdens my heart which means “our democracy is growing”.
“I feel uncomfortable when I see an MP come out in the public domain to say distasteful things about the Speaker, I do not like it, because we all look up to them, they must be very careful”.
At a panel discussion in Accra that marked the 25 years of parliamentary democracy without interruption by the Military, touching on gaps within parliament, which needs attention to enhance the institutions image, immediate past president of the Ghana Bar Association, Nene A. O. Amegatcher, held same view and called for training of new and young MPs who feel excited with the slightest provocation and rise on their feet for their voices to be heard.
He noted that it is creating unnecessary noise and confusion in Parliament and back the call made by the Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu for MPs to have experience and spend 30 years in the House.
“We should not have this free for all where there is competition from various quarters to push sitting MPs out, so that another person takes over sort of a baton changing place, we need to take a critical look at that and interrogate it”, he said.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com