The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu had blamed the Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin as being the cause of the recent chaos in parliament.
He is alleging that the Speaker warned the Finance Minister that the budget would be thrown out if he (Ofori Atta) fails to allocate about 2% of the country’s total revenue to Parliament.
Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, December 23, the MP said “Distinguished colleagues, I told you that some clergy men, the cream of Christendom in the country have met me [and] I am not going to speak for a long time but the people of this country should know what is leading all of us into this crisis.
“GH¢1.72 billion for what? He says that he has information that the total revenue of this country was going to be GH¢89 billion and that the Finance Minister should give him 2 percent of it and that works to GH¢1.72 billion.
“If he doesn’t give Parliament GH¢1.72 billion, then his budget is going to be thrown out. He was going to make sure the budget is rejected.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana