First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu has adjourned parliamentary sitting sine die.
He announced this today, Tuesday, December 21.
Rainbow Radio’s parliamentary correspondent Kuntu Blankson said he gave the announcement after resuming his sit for proceedings to begin.
The House was thrown into a state of confusion and commotion moved the final vote on the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy Bill, also known as e-levy.
The MPs exchanged blows and hurled insults at each other.
The House was expected to resume sitting today, Tuesday, December 21, 2021 to decide whether the controversial E-levy Bill should be considered under a Certificate of Urgency or otherwise after it broke into chaos yesterday.
The commotion started when the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, who was then presiding over proceedings of the House in the absence of the Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban S.K. Bagbin, attempted to also cast his ballot for passage of the Bill under a Certificate of Urgency.
The decision of the First Deputy Speaker to take leave of the Speaker’s chair for the Second Deputy Speaker to take charge to enable him to participate in voting turned chaotic when the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs attempted to prevent him from vacating his chair to participate in the headcount voting process.
This resulted in a clash between the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition NDC sides in Parliament with some MPs throwing their fists while others fell to the ground for proceeding to be adjourned due to the misconduct.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
