Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, Majority Leader in Parliament, has disclosed that the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joe Wise) was unwell during proceedings in Parliament on Monday.
According to him, it was for this reason why Hon. Osei Owusu stood up for the Second Deputy Speaker Mr Andrew Asiamah Amoako to take over.
“The first deputy speaker was feeling yesterday. The reason why he had to let the Second Deputy Speaker take over,” he said at a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday, December 21.
“[Joewise] indicated he wanted to go and take his medication and use the loo,” he added.
On Monday, December 20 Members of Ghana’s Parliament could not hold their emotions as some exchanged brawls in the House just before the final vote on the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy Bill, also known as e-levy.
The sit-in Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, had announced that a division would be followed to approve the Bill, presented under a certificate of urgency, and he was going to vote as well in his capacity as a Member of Parliament.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
