The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mpraeso constituency, Davis Opoku Ansah has urged members of parliament to be committed to the country and not to the government.
He explained that the commitment to the country will cause the MPs to make decisions that will benefit the constituents rather than the government.
Speaking in a brief interview with Don Prah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, he said: “We must all be tolerant of each other and recognize that as members of parliament we must be committed to the state. Commitment to the state is different from commitment to the government. Once we are committed to the state, we will think about our constituents.”
Meanwhile, he has said that government is looking at the recommendations by the minority in order to make the needed changes for the greater good of the people.
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, threw out a motion by the Minority requesting the approval of the 2022 budget to be set aside.
The request was made by Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, a day after they boycotted proceedings.
According to him, the processes used for approving the budget on Tuesday were a betrayal of the Standing Orders of Parliament and the 1992 Constitution.
But after a lengthy debate on the motion on Wednesday, the First Speaker in his ruling explained that per the Constitution and the Standing Orders of the House, he together with the Second Deputy Speaker are members of Parliament but only assist the Speaker of Parliament when the need arises.
He insisted that he was therefore not wrong in associating himself with the Majority side to approve the 2022 budget.