News:
July 8, 2021
Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Etse Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has given indications that by the close of Thursday, July 8, 2021 he will file a writ at the Supreme Court to interrogate the issue of whether the spouses of the President and Vice President are entitled to salaries.
According to him the Committee that recommended review emoluments of Article 71 office holders acted outside their powers by including spouses of the first and second gentlemen of the land in their report.
In an interview, he noted that Parliament could not have done anything about the report that was brought before it more especially it came at a time when MPs were preparing for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections, when that portion was smuggled into the report and the Executive arm of government were the sponsors.
He requested that members of the parliamentary press corps check the hansard in which the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak raised issues on the matter, but in the seventh parliament because they did not have the numbers they were not listened to.
In the wake of the public outcry on the issue he pointed out that it was not Parliament that made the recommendation, the report was brought to the House to be approved and if the Executive decided not to delete that part from the report which their side raised issue with it is their business.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com