The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has expressed the difficulty of Parliament, a house of record and law makers, in debating and approving the president’s budget for 2017 without knowing his cabinet ministers.
Referring to the budget and economic policy presented to Parliament yesterday by the finance minister, he said it is “part of government’s policies so we cannot debate it when we don’t know the cabinet of the president.”
He quoted Article 76 of the constitution which states, “There shall be a Cabinet, consisting of the President, the Vice President and not less than ten and not more than 19 members”, and also made reference to Article 72, “Cabinet shall assist the President in the determination of general policy of government.”
The MP for Tamale South therefore argued that the law says shall and wondered why the president has not brought to the august house his cabinet ministers. He strongly argued on this position when the Speaker of Parliament Aaron Mike Oquaye read a letter sent to him by President Nana Akufo-Addo about names of 10 nominated Regional Deputy Ministers.
The Minority Leader also observed that ordinarily, list of sector deputy ministers should have been presented to the house first before the regional one, nonetheless, “if the president chose to present nominees for regional ministerial appointment, so be it, but we demand to know the Cabinet of the President.”
But the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu punched holes in his opponent’s observation. He said there is nowhere in the constitution where a provision compels the president to present his cabinet to Parliament. He conceded that there is a provision that allows the president to choose cabinet ministers, but it is not mandatory or binding on the president to bring them to Parliament.
Though Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu revealed that the names of Nana Akufo-Addo’s cabinet are public, he could not point to where they were published. However, the Speaker Mike Oquaye intervened by directing the Majority Leader to provide that publication to the Minority Leader and the Minority side for their perusal.
Source: 3news.com
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U can't approve it or who?
shallow narrow minded NDC
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who is this Haruna Iddrisu koraaa? For whatever reason he appears so bitter, inferior,and peeved.
'Hon.' Haruna and NDC should STOP trivialities and get SEROUS for once. Are they (NDC) still DAZED?
We are moving forward these NDC kwashssshia p3p3 fuo party are primitive and don't know economic management. Why does the media cover these NDC iddddiots? I don't understand it.
haruna and the NDC are fuuuuuuuuls. NPP and the media must stop wasting our time by reporting the effusions ofthese phuuuuuuuls.
Stop the insults and be obedient to the Law. what is it that make you insult the minority? Are their argument not in sync with the laws of Ghana. let's behave well and stop the dirty politics .If the minority do not keep the majority on it toes how will the country develop ?. it is now seeming like intolerance is now having some deep root in the NPP. Make better footing for future generation to follow .
Some of our MPs are 1diots and must not be in that august house. Ghanaians must reject the fuuls who are in that house in the 2020 election. What has cabinet got to do with budget? If the NDC continue to behave this way we will soon be having a one party state. The NDC will be wiped out in the 2020 election.