The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu says, has opined that the ruling government cannot rely on the Speaker of Parliament, Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin for a successful government business.
The lawmaker is also claiming that the Majority group would have to only depend on the support from the independent lawmaker since they cannot rely on the Speaker.
He was speaking at a capacity-building workshop for members of the Majority in Parliament and Ministers of State at the Rock City Hotel in Kwahu Nkwatia.
He admonished the MPs to find ways to successfully get the business of the government through the House.
“… how to deal with the challenge of taking advantage of the one majority we have, knowing that we may never be able to rely on the Speaker in these circumstances. We must work with the view that there are 137 of us plus one, who may be presiding. In that circumstance, how do we go about reaping that one advantage we have as a caucus?” the NPP legislator for Bekwai Constituency quizzed.
He asserted that although the Majority is the party in government, “but it does appear that anytime we have to take a decision, we either need Mr. Speaker in the chair or all of us must vote.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
