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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa took note of the claims that the proposed new parliamentary chamber is an initiative of the Council of Parliamentary Services is a fiction.
Parliament as an institution, he said, does not have its own resources. And the Council of Parliamentary Services does not have the financial means to embark on such a project.
He said that even if the council had launched the project, it would still have had to seek the approval of the executive branch of government.
Cabinet, he said, should approve such monumental expenditures by any branch of government before the project can be implemented.
The legislator of North Tongu said this in an interview with ghanacrusader.com in Parliament.
According to him, it is only after the approval of the Cabinet that the project will be submitted to Parliament for deliberation.
This, he said, has never been done and yet a date has been announced for President Akufo-Addo to cut down the grbad before construction begins.
Mr. Ablakwa said that even if the project were to be financed by a loan, the executive should still approve it before being presented to Parliament.
He said: "There has never been any discussion of this project at the parliamentary level."
"There is no agreement or authorization for the Parliamentary Services Council to contact the government to fund such construction."
The Commission, he said, has not been fair to the MPs who have been attacked and attacked since the proposed project was made public.
Members of Parliament, he said, must be informed to provide them with enough information to provide explanations to constituents.
According to him, he agrees with the majority of Ghanaians that the project is not a priority and that it should be set aside.
"We should focus on more pressing issues. It is the opinion that I share. You can say that I take a detrimental position. The leader of the majority said that my decision was already made. Yes!"
"But there is no law prohibiting an early decision because I think there could be other priorities."
Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa complained yesterday that the Business Statement next week did not include a program whereby the majority leader would inform the House of the chamber proposal.
According to him, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu reportedly stated that he would inform the House and was in fact excused for public criticism.
The deputies, said Mr Ablakwa, are looking forward to this meeting because an impression has been created: they are the ones who are pursuing the project.
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