The lawmaker for the people of Juaboso Constituency has slammed the Majority Leader Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu for putting up a defence for the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye on his directive not to allow both Majority and Minority to have ‘double bite’ in the House.
The Speaker on Thursday July 27 had ruled that: “I have consistently made it clear to both sides of the House – Majority and Minority – that no one will be allowed a double bite as I said on many occasions to both the Minority and the Majority. In all honesty you all know that.
Dissatisfied with the directive of the Speaker of Parliament, the Minority in the House have threatened to file for his impeachment; accusing him of undermining the neutrality of the country’s Legislative House.
But the Majority Leader on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show averred that the directive of the Speaker is not meant to deny the Minority in the House from asking questions but rather meant to maintain order so that the debate in the house is not over stretched.
He added that the Speaker simply meant to check both the Majority and the Minority in order not to abuse the final questions they normally asked after opportunities have been given to every member to ask questions.
Reacting to the defence put up by the Majority Leader on the same platform, Hon. Kwabena Minta-Akandoh indicated that this is not the first time Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is putting up such a behaviour; he usually stands on the floor of Parliament to use abusive and denigrating words against the Minority side of the House.
“This is not the first time the Majority leader is putting up a behaviour which I don’t like. He stands on the floor of Parliament to say that someone has an optical illusion. He recently insulted the Minority when the EC boss came to the House to answer some questions. He said we have wax in our ears to hear. If he says something in Parliament and someone responds outside Parliament, the person will be called to the Privileges Committee”, he opined.
He insisted that inasmuch as Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is his leader in Parliament, he [Majority leader] must realise the difference between the Majority and the Minority.
“The Majority leader should be seen as a unifying factor and it is the Minority leader who should be seen striking on the floor of Parliament and so it is not in the place of the Majority leader to insult and speak harshly; he is supposed to be persuasive to unite the House”, he insisted.
He has also emphasized that Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu does not possess the character of a good leader as shown by past Majority leaders in Parliament.
“As he said Bagbin as Majority leader approached him to sympathize with him when then Speaker Doe Adjaho was bias towards the (then) Minority, it is a clear characteristic of a good leader...he must know that if Parliament is weak and continues to be weak, posterity will never forgive him; he is supposed to make this Parliament strong. He must push government business and he has a role he must play; in fact he is the Minister of Parliament Affairs...the Majority leader feels he is wiser than everybody. It is only respect we accord him and it is a privilege he has as a Majority leader and maybe some of us will have performed better than him if we were the Majority leader...his mannerism and the way he throws his hands on the floor Parliament seem to portray that he commands all the wisdom in the world”.
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This is what happens when phuuuuls like him are voted into parliament. 3ny3 asem aa, anka wei soso si y3 nto ndwom 3fr3 no. He's so irritating and so immature I tend to blame his constituents who thought it was wise to vote for him. Silly boy he is. Only good at making babies by heart. A boy under 40yrs having about 6 children and still counting. Get akando out
In fact we need to reconsider how people are elected into our august house of Parliament..look at Akandor..someone whose only work he has done before becoming a minister was a dining hall prefect...trying to badmouth Osei Kyie...this is not fair..Parliament is governed by rules and parliament is not a market place..people who do not know must apprise themselves accordingly and know the facts before following Akandor blindly
The Kyei Mensah man is full of himself always coming up with unprintable words against his political opponents. He first fought Doe Adjaho calling him all sorts of names and describing him as using his powers Capriciously, Whimsical and other stuffs. Today you seems to bully Haruna Iddrisu who is now occupying your former position.
This Jonny just come again? Absolute ***barred word***. As usual akando twiddles about nothing worth noting. He's so desperate for some attention for his constituents to think he's really working in parliament which he's not. He just likes the sound of his own voice and jumping on the bandwagon when pple are talking. He has a great deal of growing up to do. He's very petty and very much of a nuisance
AS FOR NYE BRO KOLIKO, I KEEP ON SAYING HE IS A TYPICAL INWARD LOOKING GBEHA. AND THE LIKES OF KWABENA MINTA AKANDO HE IS A THING MIXED UP WITH THINGS OF ABSURD IMAGINATION...AND WHAT IS THE RESULT?...GABBAGE..WARP THINKING BEGATS GABBAGE.
The arrogance and bbuffoonery of this mensah bonsu guy is now at alarming level. The guy is complete sstupid and ffoolish,majority leader my foot
clear case of envy. the man is simply better than you so you are ***barred word***. skin pain!
Why do you take delight in insults. You could have address the issue without the insult. That is DEMOCRACY and SENSE OF MATURITY. You can do better next time l know.
THIS K-U R --AAS--ENI KWABENA MINTA-AKANDOH IS GROWING WINGS LATELY. SUDDENLY THIS MORON IS INSULTING EVERYONE INCLUDING PEOPLE HE IS NOT FIT EVEN TO POLISH THEIR SHOES. HE CAN R-A-N-T AND RAVE AS MUCH AS HE LIKE, HIS FATHER WILL NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO DIVERT GOVERNMENT FERTILIZERS AGAIN SO HE SHOULD SHOW RESPECT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BETTER THAN HIS ENTIRE WRETCHED FAMILY PUT TOGETHER. THERE ARE TOO MANY FUULLLLSSS IN PARLIAMENT. I THINK THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY TO BE VOTED FOR SHOULD BE TIGHTENED TO WEED OUT PEOPLE LIKE AKANDO OUT OF PARLIAMENT. NKW*SI-A-S-E-M KWA.