The Member of Parliament for Builsa South Dr. Clement Apaak has taken a swipe at the Majority in Parliament insisting the passage of the E-levy was a nullity.
He said the Minority was hopeful their case posing before the Supreme Court will yield results since the quorum needed to vote on the matter was not 138 as required and affirmed by the Supreme Court.
“Though we didn’t vote, because we walked out on Tuesday, we know, and its a fact, that what happened after our walkout is a nullity per the recent Supreme Court ruling. We will continue to do our best in the face of plots, schemes, ambushes and Opportunistic Mistakes.
We have gone to court and we wait to see the outcome. If 137 couldn’t be accepted as quorum to reject a budget, will 137 be accepted as quorum to pass the most hated extortion scheme called E-levy?”
He also expressed disappointed in the NPP and its assigns for peddling lues that 8 NDC MPs were not present in Parliament on Tuesday.
“Marking 8 NDC M.Ps absent on Tuesday was part of an Opportunistic Mistake by some elements in the table office in furtherance of an agenda, we have no doubts. Besides Hon. Quayson, all NDC M.Ps (136) were in the Chamber and walked out.
Strangely a bedridden NPP M.P, and Minister brought to Parliament in an ambulance, who never entered the Chamber, was marked present by the conniving elements at the table office, while 7 NDC M.Ps who were in the Chamber were recorded absent. As well, our walkout was strangely not captured in the votes and proceedings for Tuesday by same elements.
Our leadership raised these strange and Opportunistic Mistakes on the floor today, March 31st 2022. Infact our leadership wanted to do this yesterday but were prevailed upon to do it today because yesterday was the long awaited SONA.
The Speaker took responsibility today and directed the table office to correct these questionable errors. That is, only 1 NDC M.P was not in the Chamber on Tuesday. But guess those who were busy sharing the lie that 8 NDC M.Ps were absent, NPP M.Ps and thier party people. Then they turn around to talk consensus and working together?”
Read his full statement below
KILLER E-levy Update – They say they have passed the Killer E-Levy, we say nothing has been passed because they didn’t have 138 M.Ps after we walked out on Tuesday 29th March 2022 to form a quorum. Hon. Adwoa Safo was not in the Chamber nor in the environs of Parliament. Its common knowledge that she was and still is in the United States of America.
Marking 8 NDC M.Ps absent on Tuesday was part of an Opportunistic Mistake by some elements in the table office in furtherance of an agenda, we have no doubts. Besides Hon. Quayson, all NDC M.Ps (136) were in the Chamber and walked out.
Strangely a bedridden NPP M.P, and Minister brought to Parliament in an ambulance, who never entered the Chamber, was marked present by the conniving elements at the table office, while 7 NDC M.Ps who were in the Chamber were recorded absent. As well, our walkout was strangely not captured in the votes and proceedings for Tuesday by same elements.
Our leadership raised these strange and Opportunistic Mistakes on the floor today, March 31st 2022. Infact our leadership wanted to do this yesterday but were prevailed upon to do it today because yesterday was the long awaited SONA.
The Speaker took responsibility today and directed the table office to correct these questionable errors. That is, only 1 NDC M.P was not in the Chamber on Tuesday. But guess those who were busy sharing the lie that 8 NDC M.Ps were absent, NPP M.Ps and thier party people. Then they turn around to talk consensus and working together?
What is clear is that 136 of us walked out, and they were 137 in the Chamber at most, which is doubtful, because we never saw the bedridden M.P, wheeled into the Chamber as we watched proceedings from our offices. 137 doesn’t make quorum to make decisions, 138 is required, they didn’t have 138. Hon. Adwoa Safo was and remains absent.
Though we didn’t vote, because we walked out on Tuesday, we know, and its a fact, that what happened after our walkout is a nulity per the recent Supreme Court ruling. We will continue to do our best in the face of plots, schemes, ambushes and Opportunistic Mistakes.
We have gone to court and we wait to see the outcome. If 137 couldn’t be accepted as quorum to reject a budget, will 137 be accepted as quorum to pass the most hated extortion scheme called E-levy?
In Solidarity,
Dr. Clement Apaak
M.P, Builsa South
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
