The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has advised the MP-elect of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to �learn to speak the Parliamentary language instead of behaving like the �yoyo� boys attitude he developed as a Deputy Minister.�
This follows Mr. Ablakwa�s quest to block the election of the NPP nominee, Joe Ghartey as second Deputy Speaker of Parliament because according to him, the opposition�s complacent disposition towards the election of John Mahama as President automatically makes them an enemy to state.
On Citi FM�s Eyewitness News on Thursday, Mr. Owusu Afriyie warned Mr. Ablakwa saying, �he should be very careful; over there, you learn to speak with decorum� as the position of the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament is always given to the Minority in Parliament.
He said: �In Parliament, they have the gentleman�s agreement of always giving the second Deputy Speakership to members of the Minority and I think that I do not see anything that will disturb process.�
Mr. Owusu Afriyie also mentioned that the members of the NPP have been advised to stay away from President John Mahama�s swearing- in ceremony on January 7, but the party�s MPs-elect will be present at the first sitting of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic on Sunday, January 6, at 12:05 am.
�We will not boycott the proceedings, we will be there in our numbers and I believe that that agreement will still hold�and when John Mahama continues to speak and says that he is going to build an all-inclusive government and that we will have people like Okudzeto Ablakwa who does not know a single Parliamentary proceedings�let�s just wait and see what the NDC will do in Parliament.�
In a sharp response, a Deputy Finance Minster and MP-elect for Ketu South, Fiifi Kwetey clarified that �when Honourable Samuel Okudzeto speaks, he�s speaking on behalf of thousands of people for the great North Tongu Constituency of the Volta Region so therefore, he [Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie] should be absolutely careful; the manner in which he addresses somebody who is representing thousands of people because he directly trying to insult the intelligence of the people of North Tongu.�
Source: Citifmonline.com
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