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Saturday January 9, 2021 Policy
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
01/09/2021
NDC deputies in parliament during the swearing-in of the 8th parliament
Bawku central deputy Mahama Ayariga said his party’s actions in parliament on January 7 signaled a commitment to democracy and that the NDC had helped protect the sanctity of the legislature.
“The elected members of the NDC, their bravery, their bravery, their commitment to our democracy, the protection of the sanctity of parliament and our ability to resist. I think that’s what to be commended, ”Ayariga said during a Citi TV news analysis program.
He pointed out that it was the action of NDC deputies that allowed lawmakers of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, to vote in secret when voting for a new president.
Akuapem South co-panelist and MP Osei Bonsu Amoah rejected Ayariga’s claim, lamenting the rowdy manner in which some NDC members conducted themselves during the session.
The issue of secret ballots was at the center of the now controversial vote that produced former lawmaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin for the presidency.
Reports say he received 138 votes – meaning he got an NPP vote – because both parties have 137 MPs in the 275-seat chamber. The only foreigner being the MP for Fomena, who is an independent candidate.
The NPP, however, formally challenged the report that Bagbin won the vote outright. Deputy Chief Whip Habib Iddrisu said in an interview monitored by Ghanaweb that Bagbin and former President Mike Oquaye polled 136 votes each with a spoiled ballot.
“When the leaders got together, we countered the votes and there were 136… there was a spoiled ballot. The NDC alleged that the two missing ballots were chewed up by Carlos Ahenkorah. We therefore decided to entrust it to Bagbin, ”said Habib Iddrisu.
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