News:
July 27, 2018
Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu had given indications that, the revised Standing Orders being worked on and in its final stages would come into effect in the third session of the seventh Parliament of the fourth Republic.
According to the Majority Leader, the third meeting of the second session is a budget meeting and would not be appropriate to introduce the revised Standing Orders that has implications of committees to be recomposed.
He further added that, it would be difficult for members to adjust if the revised Standing Orders is introduced after recess and adopted by plenary in the third meeting of the second session.
When questioned on the status of the revised Standing Orders, he indicated that it is with the Speaker who is also adding his bit to it and would come back to the technical committee and the Standing Orders committee for finalization before being presented to the plenary for adoption.
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu in addition revealed that in the revised Standing Order, Members of Parliament are expected to belong to just a committee which would be strengthened and members motivated.
Some MPs are not happy with this development as they want to belong to more than one committee and added that the committee system would be worked on to have proper select and standing committees, he said.
Majority leader made this remarks when leadership of the House had a media engagement with the press corps, second of its nature in the second meeting of the second session.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com