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Member of Parliament for Akim-Abuakwa South and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy, Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea, has said that the resignation of Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, rather came as a big surprise to him.

The Akim Abuakwa-South Member legislator accentuated the timing for Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to step down is not favorable to the party, describing it as a “precarious situation.”

In an interview with Accra-based Asempa FM monitored by PeaceFmonline.com, Hon. Atta Akyea said, “I was very surprised because I felt considering the times we are in, we can’t do things like that. Because our situation is a bit precarious if you look at our numbers and that of the NDC. And I felt it was too late in the day to make changes to crash our unity. So I was a bit surprised it happened.”

Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s resignation comes at a time when there are brewing tensions between the majority caucus of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in parliament and the national leadership of the party.

The resignation of the Majority leader was met with another appointment by the Vice President and the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the Chairman of the Manifesto Committee for the Bawumia 2024 Campaign team.

There are colleague MPs from both sides of the political fronts who have expressed disappointment considering the way the majority leader is going to exit Parliament.

Meanwhile, Effutu Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo Markin has been appointed as the Majority Leader for the New Patriotic Party in Parliament.