Parliament observes a minute of silence for Kintampo's accident victims | Policy

On Tuesday, Parliament observed a minute of silence for the victims of the Kintampo-Techiman road accident.

The Chamber was severely criticized when it observed a minute of silence regarding the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, as well as the shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, after apparently abandoning the victims of the storm. Last Friday's accident.

Ghanaians of social media have called on leaders not to talk about the accidents that claimed the lives of 70 people on Friday.

Reacting to this question, Professor Mike Oquaye, Speaker of the Parliament, vehemently refuted the accusations that the House was fooling Ghanaians as a result of his memory of the victims of Cyclone Idai and New Zealand firing, but not victims of the Kintampo accident.

He explained that the "Parliament's work has its own format and process" and that "if you do not understand how Parliament works, you will think that they were insensitive"to the victims of accidents last Friday.

The Speaker of Parliament said: "From the road accident involving both buses. I learned that members of the public wondered why there was no statement of this tragedy yesterday in this honorable badembly at the time we had talked about a tragedy elsewhere. We have a parliamentary press organ if the media engaged them before the relevant report because we had good reasons yesterday, the member who had already tabled a statement had to leave because of what had happened in her constituency and the leaders agreed that she must be the appropriate person to lead the statement on this issue in this honorable chamber."

He also added; "We will want the public to also publish this as a way of reflecting the truth of the matter. Our Assembly is very concerned about such matters and will treat them with diligence and diligence."

He further emphasized that the allegation that the Chamber was not concerned about the tragic plight of Ghanaians was wrong:this honorable house is very. . . very concerned about such issues and have addressed these issues diligently and conscientiously at all relevant times. "

A total of 60 people lost their lives in various accidents across the country, with the bloodiest accident killing nearly 40 people.

The accident involved a VVIP Kia bus from Garu in the upper East region for Kumasi and a Grandbird bus from Accra to Bolgantaga.

A mbad burial was organized for 39 people who died from burns caused by a burn.