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The MP for North Tongu condemned the protesters' actions in Parliament's stand on Friday over the proposed new chamber building.
According to him, if this conduct was not condemned, other people would be encouraged to enter the gallery with stones or liquids dangerous to peel or pour on the limbs.
This, he warned, is essential because many members are sitting in the gallery.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa raised concern during an interview with Ghanacrusader.com on Friday in Parliament.
He urged the protesters not to ruin the case against the proposed chamber, as such conduct could be counter-productive for the good cause.
The Economic Fighters League, a lobby group led by former CPP youth organizer Ernesto Yeboah, went to Parliament to picket and petition the president.
The members of the group, however, were not able to remain at peace when the chamber project was mentioned in the House.
They started shouting, "Drop this room! There would be no discussion. Drop this room. "
Mr Ablakwa said Parliament was not opposed to protests and protesters because it was a democratic right.
"However, rights carry responsibilities. Demonstrations must be conducted in such a way as not to lead to anarchy and the degeneration of society into a lawless state. "
He argued that each institution has rules that visitors must observe and obey.
Taking the example of the Flagstaff House, Mr. Ablakwa said that a visitor to the government seat should follow the protocol when it was introduced into the waiting room.
"The same thing applies to justice. You can not just shout in court and try to disrupt the process. It's the same rule in Parliament, "he said.
"Indeed, I have protested several times in my life. They have the right to demonstrate and to make their point of view known. "
"But when you sit in the Parliament gallery, you do not participate in the debate and you do not move while the deliberations take place on the ground," he said.
The melee ensued while MKT. Hammond, MP for Adansi Asokwa, was down. Incidentally, he insisted on the need to inform the House of the matter.
"It's about this case that the leader of the majority is in a hurry to introduce him quickly to the House for the discussion to unfold …"
"Parliament will not sit under the trees. So, Mr. President, this question should be put to the discussion and left in the debate so that a decision can be made one way or another, "he said.
Mr. Hammond had hardly finished his sentence until the reverberation of "Drop this Chamber" sounded from the public gallery.
Parliament's security service, however, quickly sent the protesters out of the room before the proceedings were disrupted.
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