News:
January 8, 2018
Member of Parliament for Tamale South and Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has said leadership of the Minority would make a case for hard working incumbent lawmakers to be maintained by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He further added that, Leadership would take into account MPs who are punctual to Parliament, those who attend committee meetings and pointed out that, most of the time leadership looks back on the floor of the House to take stock of MPs who are in the chamber and participate in business on the floor.
“We should make strong recommendations to parties that have representation in Parliament on this issue”, he said.
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu noted that whether the Political parties would accept the proposal or not, “but do not forget I can’t impose a Parliamentary candidate on any constituency”.
“Again the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu made a point when we visited the House of Commons in the United Kingdom, that the President determines who should be the party chairman”.
“Whether I am opposed or not I would survive, in the case of some MPs who are hardworking, our parties must allow us to grade them, today incumbent MPs are spending keeping the constituency”.
The Tamale South lawmaker lamented that, someone in the constituency would be undermining the incumbent MP, “all because he or she had stayed outside the country and gotten some foreign currency to show off”.
“We should find a way of keeping the hard working and experience lawmakers, we need the experience hands in Parliament”, he emphasized.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com