Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has opined that he would be the last person to disrespect Speaker Alban Bagbin.
The leader of government business in Parliament stated that although he respects him, the Speaker has refused to be democratic and respect the orders of the Supreme Court.
He asserted that although Mr. Bagbin is the Speaker, he is not an Emperor.
He advised him to behave like a Democrat and accept opposing views even if he disagrees with them.
“I would be the last person to disrespect Mr. Speaker. But Mr. Speaker should think that he is a king or he is an emperor. He is not an Emperor but a Democrat. Therefore, he shouldn’t be too sensitive to divergent views and opposing views. What he is doing, in all humility, is wrong.”
He also charged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs to ask themselves if they would have accepted what they are currently doing if they were at the receiving end.
“So my friends in the NDC should open their eyes and ask themselves if they were the ones at the receiving end, how would they react? The NDC would have raised hell on this matter. But we have been calm.”
Meanwhile, he has served notice that under no circumstances would he or any other MP from the side of the NPP set on the seats reserved for the Minority.
He said such an act has spiritual implications, and with a few weeks until the elections, they would not rush that.
Mr. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu constituency, was speaking to reporters Monday [Nov. 11, 2024] after a hearing of the suit seeking an interpretation of Article 97(1)(g) and (h) with regards to the vacancy of four parliamentary seats.
“I should go and sit on the minority seat? Spiritually, it’s not even good. We have three weeks until elections. I should go and sit on minority. Is that my seat? I won’t do. I will never do it.”
“That’s not my rightful place. I should go to the minority side and spiritually make myself a minority and bind my colleagues? No, we won’t do that. No NPP person will do that,” he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
