Long hours of parliamentary sessions at risk for health – Muntaka

Politics of Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-03-19

The majority of Chief Whip and Asawase MP, Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka, has expressed concern to MPs about the practice according to which the laws of the executive are submitted to the House the last week of sitting before it gets up.

He complained that long hours of work over the last few days posed a health risk to legislators and wondered why successive governments over the years had waited and hastened the House law a few days before getting up.

Alhaji Muntaka suggested to the House not to admit the work of the eleventh hour, with a warning that "the executive power can not follow suit".

On April 12, the Parliamentary Affairs Committee proposed to the House to suspend its work indefinitely, on April 12, 2019, and asked the Executive not to ruin the House with eleven-hour bills. before it gets up.

After being read by Majority Leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Business Statement noted the need to put in place a strong program to meet its international and global obligations. to national parliamentary affairs.

Haruna Iddrisu, leader of the minority and MP for Tamale South, said the proposed bill at the last minute does not allow the public, in which sovereignty rests, to participate in the legislative process.

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Oquaye, agreed that there should be a symbiotic relationship between the executive and the legislature, and urged the executive to introduce the bill in time time.

The discussions revealed the need to review the date of adjournment and possibly set the date of April 3, 2019, taking into account the international missions to which the House would be entrusted, it will begin to sit beyond the normal time of the day. adjourn and add additional days to the day. enough time to complete its planned activities.

Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu urged all heads of government ministries, agencies and ministries to make every effort to submit to Parliament, as soon as possible, outstanding or urgent cases requiring action by Parliament. before it was lifted sine die, but also strongly disapproved. the failure of public universities to submit their annual reports to the House in recent years.