A lecturer at the Valley View University, Dr. Bonsu Osei Owusu, has cautioned the National Chairman and the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop treating their Members of Parliament like kindergarten kids.
In an interview on the Wontumi Morning Show, Dr. Bonsu Osei Owusu stated that the minority MPs were not given the respect they deserved.
“You can’t run parliament like kindergarten. They didn’t respect their MPs and it was evident in the way they changed their leadership without informing them”, he said as he discussed the changes made to the minority leadership in parliament.
He advised that the leadership of the NDC should “watch their mode of communication” with their MPs because “it is bringing division to the party”.
How the MPs voted
Total eligible 275
Absentees = 3
Total valid votes = 272
KT Hammond, Minister for Trade and Industry
Yes=154
No=116
Rejected=1
Abstention=1
Bryan Acheampong, Minister for Food and Agriculture
Yes=167
No=98
Rejected=1
Abstention=3
Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs
Yes=147
No=122
Abstention=3
Mohammed Amin, Minister of State at the Presidency
Yes=152
No=117
Rejected=1
Abstentions=2
Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of Local Government and Decentralization
Yes=149
No=120
Abstentions=2
Stephen Amoah, deputy minister of Trade and Industry
Yes=146
No=123
Abstentions=3