The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) say they are in a position where they cannot tolerate the conduct of the Speaker of Parliament any more.
They suspect that per the continuous biases of the Rt. Hon. Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye towards them, he [Speaker] was only brought in to frustrate them by denying them their rights to have their say on matters that are brought before the House for consideration.
The Minority NDC MPs on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, walked out of Parliament in protest over the conduct of the Speaker.
The walk out follows series of protests against the Rt. Hon. Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye over the unfair treatment meted out to them over the last couple of days.
It all started when the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu rose up and sought the permission of the Speaker to raise some preliminary issues against an urgent motion that stood in the name of the Honourable Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond.
Hon. Hammond per the urgent motion that stood in his name had wanted the House to “rescinds its decision to approve the Build, Own, Operate and Transfer Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana and Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group Llc (Ameri Energy) for the installation of ten (10) GE TM2,200+ aero derivative gas turbines, operate, maintain, transfer and provision of support services that the House took on March, 20, 2017, for reasons of gross misrepresentation.”
Hon. Iddrisu, holding a Supreme Court ruling of 2016 between John Ndebugri vs Attorney-General and two others reminded the House to tread cautiously over the said urgent motion since any attempt to interrogate the deal may also end up in court.
Source: GhanaWeb
