The Minority in Parliament has served notice that they would subject every budgetary allocation in the 2022 Appropriations Bill to a head count and not a voice vote.
The Minority took the decision after parliament reversed the decision to reject the budget and the new decision to approve same.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Haruna Iddrisu said the decision was unconstitutional.
“Let me warn, that from Wednesday, every other decision of Parliament will be by voting. From Wednesday, every other decision of Parliament, we will insist on a minimum number of headcounts. At appropriation of estimates, we will vote on them,” he warned.
“Therefore, if they claim that they respect the Constitution, they must respect the fact that Tuesday’s decision is a constitutional nullity because the Deputy Speaker has no original or casting vote. Nothing more. And therefore, they were, at best, 137”, Mr. Iddrisu added at a press briefing following the approval of the budget by the Majority in Parliament on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
He further stated that it was unconstitutional for the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu to overturn the rejection of the 2022 budget statement last Friday through the interpretation of the constitution and the standing orders of Parliament.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
