Social Commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has jabbed the Minority in Parliament over last Friday's incident where the Majority walked out from the August House allowing the Minority to vote alone on the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government.
The Minority rejected the budget but their position was declared unconstitutional by the Majority who, on Tuesday, November 30, held another voting thereby approving the budget.
The Minority's vote was counted invalid because, according to the standing orders of Parliament, voting could only take place in the presence of a majority number, with at least half of all the members in the House.
Discussing the 2022 budget and matters arising, Allotey Jacobs, former Central Regional Chairman of the NDC found the incident on Friday very distasteful.
In his view, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, was forced to accept that the Minority's decision despite being aware that his action together with the Minority's is unconstitutional.
"For me, what I saw on last Friday was not in a good taste, because even when you looked at Bagbin's face, you would see he was forced to do it," he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo'.
He concluded that "what happened on Friday was null and noid".
Allotey Jacobs, however, called for a consensus building stressing what the nation needs is not the chaos that transpired in Parliament.
"We need consensus building in this country," he emphasized, adding it should "cut across the political divide".
Allotey further stated the Minority's presser following the budget approval was done out of envy.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Just take it from me today. The NDC had more chances than any political party in Ghana to show their capability to develop our dear nation. And they'd messed up abysmally. You would definitely agree with me. If you juxtapose the level of development in Malaysia within the same period of time to that of Ghana, you would take up guns and shoot any dam head of the NDC. The Akufo-Addo's administration, the policies and its implementation are portraying the lost time of Ghana's development, and some good Semaritans of the NDC, the likes of Dr. Duffuor, are very apprehensive and uncomfortable. While the sycophants continue to bark from the roof-top in support of their own, so that the status quo of kleptocracy prevails. So my dear Allotey, don't try to find excuses for anybody., be happy you have left the gang.
Onukpa ***barred word***. This man has lost all sense of dignity and pride ever since he was kicked out of the party. Bitter old man
Why Scrap E-Levy if that is what can get a lot of people into the tax net? Let us not be hypocritical... The Telcos already charge us 'E-Commission' Let us rather advocate for reduction in the percentage or rather a flat amount. Long live the E-Levy, long Live VAT and long live Ghana
YOU NOW KNOW WHAT CONCENSUS IS??? CALLING FOR SUCH IS A MANIFESTATION NDC DID A GOOD WORK FOR THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN. THEY BETTER SCRAP THE ***barred word*** THEY CALL E-LEVY. WHY THIS WICKED?????