PARLIAMENT RESUMES SITTING TODAY

  Story: Michael Kenetey Kofi


The Parliament of Ghana will resume sitting for its first meeting of the 8th Parliament today after it adjourned its sitting following its chaotic inauguration on the early hours of last week Thursday. 

The House’s first engagement will be the resolution of who forms the Majority and Minority of the House. Three previous meetings between the leadership of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in the House to resolve the matter proved futile.

 The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin is expected to bring finality to the matter in today’s sitting. 

At a separate news conference in Parliament yesterday, both leaders of the NPP and the NDC caucus Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and Haruna Iddrisu said they expect the Speaker to give a fair ruling. 


The December seven, 2020 elections left the NDC and NPP with 137 seats apiece, with one independent MP, Andrew Asiamah Amoah of Fomena, who has aligned with the NPP. 

The NPP side views this declaration as a marker of its Majority in Parliament. Its leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu also said the Speaker of Parliament in a meeting said the Fomena MP’s decision will determine which side will be the majority.

He noted at a press conference that when they met the Speaker three days ago, he determined for us that where the Fomena MP decides to pitch camp will determine where the pendulum will swing. 

The Leader of the NDC caucus in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has expressed his disagreement with the NPP side. He noted that the official records of Parliament show 137 seats for both the NDC and NPP and one seat for an independent candidate. 

Mr. Iddrisu added that advisedly and wisely, the Independent MP is not seeking to join a political party and therefore nobody should do the easy mathematics of a 137 plus one. 

Source: CITINEWS


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