The Member of Parliament for Bongo, Edward Bawa has accused the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye of being high-handed especially against the Minority in Parliament in the discharge of his duties.
According to him, the Speaker has since assuming his position been using his own set of rules and also uses his personal interest to determine the manner he presides over the House.
The Minority NDC Caucus in Parliament has been very critical of the Speaker’s conduct against the group, which led to them embarking on a sit-down strike in what they termed protest against the Speaker for being partial against their course.
It all started when the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, rose up with the intent of catching the eye of the Speaker to make an intervention during a presentation to the House by the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Kennedy Ohene Nyarko.
But the Leader was ignored by the Speaker, paving the way for the Deputy Minister for Agriculture to conclude his presentation, with the Speaker, also giving the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to make a statement on the alleged slave trade of Africans in Libya.
This compelled the Minority NDC Caucus to embark on a sit-down strike in protest against the Speaker for being partial to them.
But the Speaker, on Thursday insisted he’s been impartial in all his deliberations.
However speaking on Starr FM Friday, Hon. Edward Bawa who’s also a former Spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy stated that the Speaker’s dislike for the NDC Minority has gotten to an absurd state such the Speaker sometimes does not respond to greeting from Minority Members who take a position on matters that opposes the Speaker’s view.
“Quote me everywhere, if you get up and make a case that Mr Speaker is not happy about and you see him outside and greet him he’ll not answer. You have a situation where even the Minority Leader will get up to make a point, he makes a point and goes out and says Mr Speaker…he’ll not shake him.
“You also have a situation where when MPs make statements and he’s not excited he then decide that he’ll never call you. The MP for Bodi, Sampson Ahi, when he gets up, he’ll never be called.”
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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He is old enough to be your grandfather so if you dont show some respect to him he will not respond to your greetings. Since when did responding to greetings become by force.
that so called minority leader haluuuna or whatever his damn fuckin name is has diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of ideas....he thinks being disrespectful is the same as bravery
Look at what they are saying now. They lost the political argument, now listen to them!
Where this people brought up or reared.How can u insult an elderly person and greet him thereafter.sense of no shame.
This my NDC Mps them f001 paa oo! Greetings too we go chop? What sense do you people even make for the speaker to waste his time on allowing you to speak. See Samson Ahi, what better thing will he say?? Just the form 4 and Kwame Nkrumah stuff naaa...massa, we dey 21st century inside oo. You people for behave like US congressmen and women. Stop they talk nons3ns3 and treat your mouth diarrhea ! Me self I commot NDC..tweeaa #WebHunter
why shd he respond to ur greetings? is it greetings u go there for or to use ur brains to help the country? he doesnt respong to ur greetings bcos he thinks he will be infect with ur stup1>dity. who will want to have anything with stup1>d ple like u? the hse is for serious business and not for greetings. the disease 0f these ndc ple is incurable bcos it has eaten everything in their body. what do u get from greetings?
What sense does Samson Ahi makes for him to be given the floor?
Respect is reciprocal.if you don't respect an elderly man,prof,your lecturer and father what's your expectation. What have you done about rude and disdainful attitude and behaviour of Haruna towards the old man? We heard how Mr Martin Amidu redefined the position of Muntaka during the vetting.it's time our aMps respect themselves,the office and the electorate.
In a football match there is a referee, how do you feel if a referee decides to be partial against an opponent team. it is painful! You an NPP alright, but just be fair a little bit.
I Think the speaker should respect himself by playing fairness, although there is no way he will not be partisan in dealing with government business, it should be minimized, i think there is too much partisan in his dealing, as an old man, he should respect himself so that younger ones will respect him. everything he does in the parliament is opened to the public, is not hidden.