News:
April 10, 2020
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey-George has said he has been vindicated for predicting that the re-call of Parliament was not worth it, adding, he knew the Speaker does not have any business for lawmakers.
According to him, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on Wednesday did not present any plan before Parliament to deal with COVID-19.
Most lawmakers on the Minority side Ghanamps.com spoke to were not happy that they were re-called back from their constituency only to have the Finance Minister present a statement on the fight against the spread of COVID-19 only for the Speaker to suspend the House indefinitely.
In an interview with the Ningo-Prampram lawmaker, he pointed out that he was expecting that as the statement of the Finance Minister was referred to the Finance Committee, they would work and present their work back to the plenary but only to hear the House has been suspended indefinitely.
“This was expected when you have a Speaker who thinks he is a law onto himself like I said to him in the letter I wrote to him, he should go and read Article 296 of the 1992 constitution, discretionary power must be used in fair and just way and not capriciously and maliciously in an arbitrary manner”.
Mr. Nartey-Gorge pointed out that re-call of lawmakers is just an abuse of power by the Speaker Oquaye and he is becoming a threat to Ghana’s democracy.
As to what can be done to stop this, he noted that; “We are in a quagmire, you go to court and you are not even sure of getting justice in the courts”, he lamented.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com