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The Minority leader in Parliament, Hon. Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has in clear terms, stated that though it was legitimate for him and his colleagues to stage a walkout before... ...President John Dramani Mahama mounted the podium to give his first maiden address, they were wrong in flashing materials that had "stealers� boldly printed on them. Members of Parliament, on the side of the minority, staged a collective walk out last Thursday prior to President Mahama�s first address to the nation and generated controversies concerning the way they marched out. The NPP MPs were seen hovering placards with inscriptions �Stealers� in the House, obviously to express their displeasure with the President�s State of the Nation Address on Thursday. Though some political pundits have lauded them for flashing the �stealers� placards, Hon. Osei �Kyei Mensah-Bonsu believes it was an extreme move. Speaking on Accra-based Okay FM, the Member of Parliament for the Suame Constituency noted that though he and his colleagues had agreed to walkout as soon President Mahama walked in to deliver his speech; they never planned to flash materials which could call for ill reactions.