Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has issued a caustic reply to the Minority for claiming majority seats in the Legislative House.
On Tuesday, 5th January, 2021, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered his end of term nation address on the floor of Parliament.
The address also marked the dissolution of the 7th Parliament which will happen on Wednesday night, January 6.
After the President s State Of The Nation Address, the Minority Leader, Haruna Idrrisu in reaction indicated that the Minority will become the majority as they anticipate to win the Techiman South Parliamentary seat and others that are still in contention.
Widow of late Nfantseman Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah Hayford has been given a position in the Majority leadership in Parliament.
Mrs. Ophelia Mensah Hayford now MP for Nfansteman and MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu are now Deputy Chief Whips.
They are expected to take over from Kpandai MP, Matthew Nyindam, and Trobu MP, Moses Anim
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has hinted that it will maintain MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as the Majority Leader in Parliament.
The party has also named MP for Effutu, Alex Afenyo-Markin as the new Deputy Majority Leader in place of MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo.
The Presidential transition team has agreed to Parliament s request to hold the investiture of President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the precinct of Parliament and before Parliament on January 7, 2021.
The decision followed a request made by the leadership of Parliament on November 3,2020 during the commissioning of the office facilities under the Physical Infrastructure Projects.
This is a departure from the past, where the President-elect s swearing-in ceremony took place at the Black Star Square.
Mr Pius Enam Hadzide, a Deputy Minister of information, announced this at a media briefing in Accra on Wednesday, on the activities of the Presidential transition team.
I prefer being an MP to a Speaker of Parliament – Kyei Mensah-Bonsu
Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has rejected views calling for him to be made the next Speaker of Parliament in the eighth Parliament under this current Fourth Republican Constitution.
“I cannot be the Speaker of the House, even though I would love that. I would have to lose my seat as a member of the house in order to be the Speaker, but I am not sure my party is willing to go through that, considering the circumstances,” he revealed.
The outgoing Majority Leader in Parliament explained that his party, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not prepared to lose him as a lawmaker.