Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye
The Minority in Parliament has threatened to impeach the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye.
According to the Minority, the Speaker is biased towards them in the House.
Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka said the NDC MPs are not treated well and given the chance by Prof. Aaron Michael [ads1]Oquaye to debate on national issues.
He said the Speaker has been bias against them cataloging a number of critical moments and denied them to voice out their displeasure or question ministers of state who appear before parliament to answer to issues relating to their ministry.
In an interview with journalists, Muntaka said “The day before yesterday, when we were doing the motion about the non urgency of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017 and the Zongo Development Fund, I stood up and if you noticed, for a long time he refused to call me. What I wanted to say was that the process we were using was wrong. Because the constitution under Article 106 (13) says that it has to be done by a committee but they wanted us to do was to ask the House whether they agree or not.
“The constitution didn’t say that the House has to decide but rather the Committee that has to do that. So, I decided to draw his attention to that. When that failed, yesterday in the morning, I went to him and when he came I raised these things that Mr. Speaker we are not happy about the way things are going. We argued and ended it and I thought he has taken a cue. Mine was not the first.
“If you remember it is the same problem when Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader stood up for almost fifteen minutes and the Speaker will not call him. We raised this objection with him in-camera in his holding room. How many times must we remind and I remember in one instance, the Majority Leader, Hon. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu had to lead the Minority to talk to the Speaker about our displeasure over the way he is handling our issues. How many times do we have to do that? When we respect the chair and we come to you in your holding room and for the past six months we are just being frustrated.”
Source: pulse.com.gh
