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July 15, 2024
First Deputy Minority whip, Ahmed Ibrahim has sent a message through the leadership of the Majority to their flagbearer Dr. Mahamoud Bawumia and his running mate Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh to release MPs on the Majority side of the House to come to Parliament to do government business.
According to him the Minority MPs come to the floor of the House in their numbers every day but the Majority MPs are never present.
“What I want to say is that, government must bring government work and ensure that their side comes in their numbers. They have been given four years mandate; flag bearer is in the North and the running mate in the Western Region, you are campaigning the MPs are following you instead of coming to the chamber to do government business”.
Again, you have four months, one week to be in government, who should do the work? You are thinking of breaking the eight (8) and not solving the problems, he noted.
He further threatens that they would invoke order 104 which raises issues of quorum. “You are breaching the constitution and standing orders; you are calling for the renewal of mandate, we cannot come to the House and be working and you are in our constituency campaigning. We mean serious business and do not want to be victims of that, if your one hundred and thirty eight is not here we would also sign leave of absence for our members to go and be campaigning”, he cautioned on the floor of the House.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com