Seasoned Journalist, Kwesi Pratt says he sees nothing wrong with the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin absenting himself from Parliament which called for his First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, to take over the reigns resulting in a brawl between the Majority and Minority on Monday, December 20, 2021.
Just before the Certificte of Urgency final vote on the controversial e-levy Monday night, proceedings in the House turned into violence as the Majority and Minority members threw punches at one another.
What triggered the Parliamentary chaos was a decision by Hon. Joseph Osei-Owusu to exercise his original vote in his capacity as a Member of Parliament(MP) during a division to approve the bill.
As critics slam the Parliamentarians for misbehaving in the House, the Speaker, Alban Bagbin has also been 'slapped' for not presiding over the proceedings.
He is said to have absented himself without giving prior notice to his Deputy Speakers and the MPs.
Some critics also smell something fishy about his absence as they claim it might have been a ploy to ruin the Majority voting.
But Kwesi Pratt has bailed out the Speaker, stressing his absence is not shocking for any person to read meanings into it.
He explained that he (Bagbin) has been incapacitated for awhile now, so might have stayed away from Parliament due to health reasons.
He therefore doesn't see why the Speaker should be blamed for the Parliamentary brawl.
''I'm not surprised that Rt. Hon. Bagbin didn't sit in his Speaker's seat. Because we all know he is sick and recently did an operation or surgery. Yesterday, Parliament sat from morning continuous and around 11:45 pm, when I was retiring to my bed, they were still in there. I don't know the time that they closed. So, a person who just had a surgery, how do expect him to stay all that long as Speaker? It's not possible," he said during Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo'.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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A very dishonest journalist in Ghanaian politics is Kwasi Pratt. He wants to tell us he is fair, but he has NEVER!
Shameful and partisan Speaker EVER!
Don't try to find excuses for Babin, the speaker of parliament. He is equally to be blamed for the uproar in parliament. Once a member of the NDC, always a member of the NDC in terms of uncivil behavior and an undemocratic stance on procedures.
Kwesi paaaa. If he is sick, he better resign so that serious business will take place in the house. At crucial times he disappears so as to create the 137/137 confusion. Knowing very well that if he were to be present the voting could 138/137. All of these are deliberate to frustrate govt from achieving whatever goals they have for the people. Then in campaign time use it against govt. But I blame NPP members who voted skirt & blouse. Do you think if NPP had about 140 MPs in parliament, this would have happened? The NDC MPs would have comported themselves and rather use sound arguments in defending whatever they proposed. But with this, they can use brawl.
Kwesi Pratt is a nation wrecker. Because of his stomach, he doesn’t care what happens to the country.
You are the one who is sick.