News:
November 14, 2019
Despite Speaker Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye’s directives that during important occasions on the floor of the House, Members of Parliament should be decorous, the rule was flouted on when the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta whet statement and economic policies of government to parliament on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
The Minority displayed placards with inscriptions “Bye Bye Budget by way of telling the ruling government that was the last budget they were presenting after the 2020 elections.
Speaker Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye had to struggle on many occasions to maintain order on the floor of the House.
On a number of occasions, the second Deputy Minority whip Ibrahim Ahmed had to be up on his seat pleading with his colleagues to tone down but that did not go down well with his colleagues at the back bench who kept interrupting and displaying their cards.
The Majority side back benchers equally not happy with what was going on, on the floor of the House also resorted to singing on the floor of the House acknowledging that the budget presented by the finance Minister was good.
Whiles the Minority were putting across that no matter what the Majority side does former President John Mahama would bounce back as President of Ghana, the Majority side also passionately indicated to their colleagues that the former President would never come back to power.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com