The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has said the adjournment of the sitting on the e-levy will afford the Majority and government more time to do further consultations on the proposal.
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu announced on Tuesday, December 21 that Parliament has adjourned sitting to 18th January 2022.
Addressing the press after the adjournment, Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said he thinks that this will also allow us some time to have further consultations among ourselves; it is the reason why the First Deputy Speaker had to adjourn the House sine die.
“As you know, the budget has been passed, there was an attempt to portray that that there is no budget, there is a budget, and the appropriations bill passed he added.
This comes after the house reconvened today, Tuesday, December 21, 2021, following the abrupt suspension of sittings by the Second Deputy Speaker, Andrews Asiamah, after a fight broke out during the voting on the e-levy.
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, prayed the sit-in Speaker, First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu, to adjourn the house until January 18, 2022, for cooler heads to prevail.
According to him, the house wasn’t in a serene environment to conduct business, considering the events of the previous night.
“We adjourned sitting yesterday [Monday] and indicated to ourselves that the house will be reconvening at 9:00 am today, (Tuesday, December 21, 2021, but we have been waiting for all this while making the necessary calls but thus far, nothing responsive, and I think where we are if we take an adjournment it will allow coolers to come back to this house, and then we come back to continue with business in a much more serene environment. In that regard, Mr. Speaker, I invite you to adjourn the house in the hope that we can come back on January 18.”
The prayer was seconded by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, who also said the adjournment will allow for more consultations on all pertinent issues.
According to him, the country shouldn’t suffer as a result of some happenings in Parliament recently.
“It is important that we carry the country along, and we need to demonstrate to the country that our democracy is growing and will not suffer some unacceptable scenes and spectacles we’ve witnessed on the floor.”
“So I can only concur with what the leader has said, so you adjourn the house sine die for some consultation on the outstanding issue.”
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoa
