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The deputy of the Adansi Asokwa constituency, in the Ashanti region, admitted that the proposed construction of a new enlarged chamber for Parliament had not been properly presented to the public .
Kobina Tahir Hammond insists that the project to set up the new structure of the Legislative Assembly was made public when the proposal was in the discussion stage.
"What I understood … was that it was a whole discussion, a discussion, and then, one way or another, it fell into the public domain. I'm not sure it was a concrete decision to build … So, as a result of resentment, it was decided to no longer continue the discussion or suspend it for the moment.
"There is something I concede in all this insult, this expletive and all this vituperation that has just produced. I concede that there was no adequate communication in all this, that I concede, "he said in the news of the program MultiTV, PM Express, Monday.
The Parliament angered the public when it suddenly announced its intention to build the multi-purpose hall with a capacity of 450 seats at a cost of $ 200 million.
PHOTO: The new room was to cost $ 200 million and have a clinic, an enlarged room and other facilities.
Misinterpreted
Hammond's recent remarks to Parliament recently fueled public criticism of the project, following comments deemed insensitive by many.
During a brief intervention in Parliament last week, Mr. Hammond commented that even though there were schools under the trees – a reason often cited by opponents of the project – parliamentarians can not go anywhere. To sit under the trees.
Opponents of the proposed $ 200 million project made the comment and stepped up their campaign to get the Legislature to set aside the plan.
The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, asked when the leader of the majority, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, was going to present to the House the plan to build an enlarged parliamentary chamber.
KT Hammond then rose and presented the following brief: "Mr. Speaker, some of us do not even know if Parliament is going to be built as a declared policy and taking initiative. The House or the Parliament Building is not for the deputies, it is one of the important symbols or constitutive elements of democracy: we will not have any democracy Without Parliament, Mr President, I am sure that the press will accept: the Parliament will not sit under the trees, so Mr President, this whole thing must be put forward, let it be to be debated … "
The part where he said "Parliament will not sit under the trees" seems to have incited the head of the pressure group, the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, who then shouted: "… let this room drop" of the gallery.
However, commenting on the tragedy that ensued in Parliament PM ExpressKT Hammond said part of his comment that "Parliament will not sit under trees" has been grossly misinterpreted.
He explained that what he meant was that the Parliament already had a structure and that, therefore, the deputies were not obliged to sit under the trees for do their job.
Some opponents of the project had mocked the proposed new chamber by suggesting that, just like students studying under trees for lack of clbadrooms, MPs should also be forced to sit under the trees to do their jobs.
End of the controversy
The parliamentary services committee announced Monday that the project had been removed from its agenda.
The council explained that the decision had been taken following a meeting devoted to examining the controversial issue that left many Ghanaians angry.
Kate Addo, Acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, said: "After considering the comments made by well-meaning Ghanaians, the Commission has withdrawn the development of the new chamber block from its current program".
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