Vice President of policy think tank, Imani Ghana has laid into Ghanaian Members of Parliament, saying “most of them can’t sufficiently express themselves in English”.
Kofi Bentil is of the opinion that the benchmarks in the selection of MPs in the country are mediocre, thus, allow every Tom, Dig and Harry to aspire to become a legislator.
“I am not saying one has to be expressive in the Queen’s language before contesting as an MP, but it is also baffling that an individual contesting as an MP can’t satisfactorily express his or herself in English.
“So whoever says the language is not important is deceiving you, because whether you like it or not, our laws are written in English and one has to master it before considering to become a lawmaker,” the legal practitioner submitted on GHOne Television on Friday.
Kofi Bentil said the awful procedure in the selection of MPs has affected the “quality of debate” and thorough scrutiny of loans and bills.
“Now parliament pass bills and loans and most of them are riddled with unpardonable errors. You find simple, simple grammatical mistakes,” he asserted.
Against that background, Mr Bentil urged the House and the political parties to revise the criteria used in the selection of MPs before matters get worse.
Source: asempanews
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Masa wat is brofo to nyansa k) hye mmra wo se brofo
so what exactly are you entailing Mr man?so do we have to demote them and replace you or what?limit your expressions to logical sequence mr Bentil or whatsoever
Mr Bentil Please you need to go beyond this. proficiency in English is not necessarily a requirement of results achievement or ability to think critically. We want people who achieve results not who are people full of verbose . We don't eat English.
I agree with you Kofi. English remain the medium of expression in the transaction of government business. It is incumbent on all our state officials to be conversant with the language. This will bring sanity and accountability in our governance. The MPs make and interpret laws which are all written in English. How can an MP do an effective work when she or he can not speak, read and write effective English. The political parties need to do well in the selection of candidates for the legislature.
English is not wisdom think twice.
Acrache.fo)) w) krom. We like abrofosem too much .it is about time this guy uses his head.
look at this ***barred word*** ***barred word*** fante man bentil. brofo? do the Spanish, Germans, Japanese, Chinese, russians, dutch, Belgians speak english in their parliament but they are far developed than the british if u dont know. u call yourself think tank. apuuuu ma foot.if you have these people in charge of your country u shall always kiss the feet of the english whiteman. fante gyimifo). they call themselves intellectuals. so our forefathers were all ***barred word*** cos they couldnt speak english? stupi....d foo..ol bentil.
our laws are indeed written in queens language, so English is the medium of speech communication in our parliament, that's why most students go to school these just to master in the language, my is question is English, what about common sense, why do we placed much premium on English speaking rather than wisdom,Common sense and above all knowledge