Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayerebi constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said that the minority's decision for staging a walkout in parliament duriing President Akufo-Addo's SoNA presentation yesterday was a disrespectful afterthought.
According to him, they must have realized the shameful act and will want to justify their unjustifiable act.
Speaking in an interview on Peace FM's 6PM News bulletin, he explained that the minority as a sign of democracy should have respected their constituents who voted for them.
"They have not only disrespected Parliament and the President, they have also disrespected the people who voted for them and on whose mandate they sit in parliament," he said.
Asked whether they will be able to take part in the debate on the floor of parliament on the SoNA after their boycott, he disclosed that how will they able to take part in the discussion after they have left the chamber and did not listen to the president.
"Look, they are even confused and feeling ashamed for their dastardly act," he added.
The Minority in Parliament on Thursday dramatically boycotted this year’s State of The Nation Address [SONA] without giving any ‘tangible’ reason.
The Minority organized a press conference addressed by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu in Parliament to explain their action.
According to them since becoming President of our republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conducted the affairs of state with the kind of "tyranny, despotism and authoritarianism" that frightens many objective observers.
"We have in the face of extreme provocation exercised restraint and urged the President to depart from his perilous path that puts the democracy of our country at great risk.
"Sadly, matters are totally out of control. The democracy we all toiled and sacrificed to establish is now threatened by the highhandedness of President Akufo-Addo. The man who in opposition styled himself as a champion democrat has turned out to be a nightmare and an existential threat to our fledgling democracy," a portion of their statement stated.
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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What has Nana Addo done that made them walk out.If they had been prosecuted for their stealings , all these ***barred word*** would not have been seen.They have to forfeit their sitting allowance and salaries.M o a s e m
THE BOYCOTT OF MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY. IT WAS MEANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE SHAME OF MAHAMA. IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE AIRBUS SCANDAL. MAHAMA IS DISTINCTIVELY SUGGESTED TO BE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ONE OF THE SCANDAL AND HIS BROTHER AS INTERMEDIARY 5. EVER SINCE THE SCANDAL BROKE OUT MAHAMA HAS FAILED TO DENY IT. SINCE SILENCE MEANS CONSENT MANY BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT MAHAMA IS THE OFFICIAL 1 WHO CONNIVED WITH OTHERS TO STEALL FROM THE STATE OF GHANA. MANY IN GHANA AND OUTSIDE AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHARE SIMILAR VIEW ABOUT MAHAMA. THE SHAME OF THE AIRBUS SCANDAL MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR MAHAMA TO ATTEND SONA AND SIT WITH OTHER FORMER PRESIDENTS. THE DECISION OF MAHAMA NOT TO ATTEND SONA WAS TO CAUSE A TALK IN TOWN. PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ASKED WHY HE DID NOT COME AND SPECULATED. TO DIVERT ATTENTION ON THE ON MAHAMA AND THE AIBUS SCANDAL MATTER. THE NDC MPs WALK OUT ON FLIMSY EXCUSES WAS ONLY MEANT FOR DIVERSION. MAHAMA RECENT ATTACK ON EC SUPPORTED BY NDC AND THEIR BOYCOTT OF SONA ARE ALL MEANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE AIRBUS SCANDAL.
OPPONG NKRUMAH WHAT ARE YOU SAYING. THE NPP DID WORSE THINGS AND THE NDC IS LEARNING FROM YOU. THE LIES YOU PEDDLED IN TO POWER. YEAR 2012 THE NPP REFUSED TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF A PRESIDENT, RIGHT. WHAT IS MORE THAN THIS. IN 1992 THE NPP REFUSED TO GO TO PARLIAMENT, WHAT IS MORE THAN THIS. AND THE NPP HAS STAGE SEVERAL WALK OUT SINCE. NOW THAT THE NDC IS FOLLOWING YOUR FOOT STEPS YOU ARE WORRIED. IN FACT 2020 WE GO SHOW NANA
Childish... What do you take Ghanaians for? When u did it in 2013..what neccesitate ur action? Try to focus on the abysmal performance of this super incompetent Gov't
These NDC MPs must not be paid as they shirked their responsibilities. Ghanaians should demand this. Their constituents were out in the sun working and the MPs chose not to.
They can also boycott the impending Voters registration exercise, the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections to prove their manhood. We are tired of them, so to speak.
Did they walkout on there constituents or they walkout on the Short dwarf who doesn't respect any one Gyimieeee
YOU WONT THANK GOD THAT AT LEAST SOME GHANAIANS SPENT TIME TO WATCH ON TV AND EVEN LISTEN ON RADIO IN THIS HARDSHIP TIME. NEXT TIME ALL GHANAIAN WILL RUN AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY AND RETURN AFTER THE SONA IS READ. NSEM HUNU. IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO STAY THERE AND LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT WHILES HE THE PRESIDENT DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO WE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM? GHANAIAN ARE ANGRY THAT'S IT. GO AND INFORM YOUR BOSS
Advice your boss Nana to pay us our Student loans, he can pay that since November last your. NPP are doing bad things and that is why they walkout
My MP would never behave like this. How can these people call themselves the representatives of the people? Behaving like a spoilt child is very disgraceful. A child who is lacks discipline who throws tantrums and soils her dress by rolling on the ground because the mother is not giving her another candy because she has taken too much of it. We have over-pampered these backward people and they have lost their consciences. Their constituents must show them the exit. Amazingly I saw an oldman like Oko Vanderpuye following small boys like George and Suhuyini instead of advising them. And he is a grandfather? How can Oko be following these Western Togo and Southern Burkina MPs?