A legal luminary Dr. Rainer Akumperigya, a barrister and lecturer at GIMPA, passing preliminary comments ahead of the 2021 Budget presentation explained, it is wrong for Hon. Kyei Mensah Bonsu to present the Budget.
Dr. Rainer said, a member of the legislature presenting the Budget will further deepen the cracks that the Executive and legislature are fused. “If it is true that the 2021 Budget and Economic policy will be presented to Parliament by Hon Kyei Mensah Bonsu, that will be a significant statement on the extent to which the Executive and Legislature are fused” Dr. Rainer stated.
He remarked, budget and economic policy presentation is a solely the function of the Executive and not the legislature. He stressed, “budget and economy policy is a complete Executive function of which Parliament has supervisory responsibility to scrutinize”.
“If a Finance Minster cannot present the budget on Friday, why should a leader of Parliament substitute him to symbolically abdicate legislative and supervisory functions over the executive” ? He quizzed.
Emphasizing why our system of governance does not permit this development and why it smacks off a violation of our governance structure, he noted that, “we are a democratic government of triumvirate system of separation of powers and checks and balances”. Let it appear so, he added.
Stating this on his Facebook wall, the legal luminary reiterated that “any of the President’s trusted Ministers like Hawa Koomson can replace the Finance Minister”.
See his full post below:
If it is true that the 2021 Budget and Economic policy will be presented to Parliament by Hon Kyei Mensah Bonsu, that will be a significant statement on the extent to which the Executive and Legislature are fused.
I mean, budget and economy policy is a complete Executive function of which Parliament has supervisory responsibility to scrutinize.
If a Finance Minster cannot present the budget on Friday, why should a leader of Parliament substitute him to symbolically abdicate legislative and supervisory functions over the executive?
We are a democratic government of triumvirate system of separation of powers and checks and balances. Let it appear so.
Any of the President’s trusted Ministers like Hawa Koomson can replace the Finance Minister.
Filed By : Agaatorne Douglas Asaah / awakenewsroom.com
