Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has deplored what he said is a desparate attempt by the Majority leader to blackmail and throw mud at Speaker Bagbin.
The effort, he said, is most pathetic and must be roundly condemned, especially as Speaker Bagbin has long advocated publicly for equitable resources to strengthen the legislature and the judiciary.
According to him, for Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to allege the Speaker has a personal vandetta against the government because his proposed budget allocation to parliament was rejected is most ridiculous.
In a write up on social media Mr. Ablakwa noted Speaker Bagbin has consistently argued that allocating at least 2% of GDP for the other two arms of government will make Ghana’s democracy healthier as there can be real checks and balances to deliver on the legitimate expectations of the Ghanaian people.
“If President Akufo-Addo could increase his allocation to the Office of Government Machinery from GH¢2.5billion to GH¢3.1billion and at the same time raise his Contingency Vote from GH¢186.8million to GH¢933million (a staggering 431.5% increase); what is wrong if the head of the legislature demands that the organ he leads be accorded its fair share,” he quizzed?
“Government should stop these spurious attempts at looking for scapegoats to blame for its well-deserved disastrous inability to railroad obnoxious policies such as the E-Levy, and rather pull the brakes by listening to the overwhelming majority of Ghanaians,” he added.
Read the write up below:
Hon Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa writes:
Majority Group Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s desperate efforts to blackmail and throw mud at Speaker Bagbin is most pathetic and must be roundly condemned.
If President Akufo-Addo could increase his allocation to the Office of Government Machinery from *GHS2.5billion to GHS3.1billion* and at the same time raise his Contingency Vote from *GHS186.8million to GHS933million (a staggering 431.5% increase)*; what is wrong if the head of the legislature demands that the organ he leads be accorded its fair share?
Rt. Hon. Speaker Bagbin has long advocated publicly for equitable resources to strengthen the legislature and the judiciary.
He has consistently argued that allocating at least 2% of GDP for the other two arms of government will make our democracy healthier as there can be real checks and balances to deliver on the legitimate expectations of the Ghanaian people.
Government should stop these spurious attempts at looking for scapegoats to blame for its well-deserved disastrous inability to railroad obnoxious policies such as the E-Levy, and rather pull the brakes by listening to the overwhelming majority of Ghanaians — for the voice of the people is certainly the voice of God (Vox Populi, Vox Dei).
Source: MyPublisher24.com