Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suggested boycotting parliament by legislators does not stop the business of the house.
Presiding over sitting on Thursday, December 16, 2021, he opined that“The staging of a walkout does not render parliament incapable of performing its functions.
“I can refer to so many instances where walkouts and boycotts have never succeeded in delaying or preventing the business of the house.”
He was addressing issues that have characterised the approval, reversal and approval of the 2022 budget statement.
He further declared that the situation where the First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu counted himself to form the required number for the House to approve the budget when the Majority only were present was a breach of the law.
To him, the First Deputy Speaker failed to look at the rules and proceedings of the House before arriving at that decision.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana