Joseph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has asked Ghanaians to abstain from voting in any future hung parliaments and that having a hung parliament is currently affecting
The Bekwai MP thinks that given the circumstances, the current legislature is less effective than the seventh Parliament.
In order to give one political party a lopsided majority in the House, he urges Ghanaians to cast a large number of ballots in favor of either the NPP or NDC in the general elections of 2024.
He stressed that whereas the present Parliament, which is in its third year, has only approved less than ten legislation, the seventh Parliament, for example, passed more than 100 laws.
He was of the view that there is less cooperation as the Minority tends to reject nearly all government choices regardless of the nature of the issues, citing the approval of ministerial nominees and nominees to the Supreme Court as examples.
In a media interview, he said the country’s development is being negatively impacted by the Parliament’s ineffective collaboration.
“It is affecting governance generally. I am saying that next time, Ghanaians should vote more. If they want the NPP to be the Majority, they should give them more votes. If you want NDC to be the majority give them more votes. This one is affecting governance very badly”.
“The seventh Parliament, probably because of the numbers, passed the highest number of laws since 1993, we passed over 100 laws. This Parliament is our third year, but I doubt we have passed even 10 laws. The level of cooperation that I saw is no longer there.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
