Second Vice-President Supports Reforms to Increase the Number of Women Parliamentarians | General news

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Sumana Bagbin, supported electoral reforms to increase the number of women in Parliament.

He said that women in the country are culturally disadvantaged and many of them could not submit to the coarse politics of political elections in the country and therefore needed support.

million. Bagbin was speaking at the Forum South Akuapem constituency in Aburi, organized on the theme "Deepen citizen engagement for a better understanding of the legislature."

million. Bagbin said the parliament had recently approved a loan secured by the government for the improvement of the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital. He said that he had discussed with the chairman of COCOBOD's Board of Directors for funding the rehabilitation of facilities at the Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farm's reception center.

million. Bagbin defended the need for constituencies to support their MPs who were He explained that when a MP remained longer in Parliament, in addition to mastering parliamentary procedure and badisting the Parliament to enact better laws, these deputies have also established the necessary contacts and network to attract more support for their constituencies.

The leader of the parliamentary minority, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, called on the public to participate in parliamentary proceedings by sending memoranda to the Speaker of Parliament and observed that one of the weak points

He has explained that the purpose of the forum was to bring Parliament closer to the people to enable them to appreciate his work

M. Kwesi Ameyaw Kyeremeh, Chief Whip of the Majority. called on the public to use the parliamentary channels created for them to enrich the laws pbaded by parliament and explained that integration in the legislative process was important because wisdom does not rest on the head few people.

million. Kyeremeh explained that to increase the number of women in parliament, political parties had to agree to reserve parliamentary seats in their constituencies. Ms. Comfort Doyoo Ganza, Vice Chairperson of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus, said that out of 275 MPs, only 37 are women and have appealed to the electorate for it to increase the number of women in Parliament