The speaker of Parliament, has suggested the governing New Patriotic Party “snatched” parliamentary seats after it realized that it was going to have minority in the house.
Alban Bagbin disclosed there should have been an opposition majority in Parliament.
He said the General Secretary of the NPP admitted that they have ceded Parliament.
Bagbin told a delegation of the Ethiopian Parliament on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 that the General Secretary of the ruling party, New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu admitted that Parliament had gone in favor of the opposition National Democratic Congress, efforts were made by the NPP to regain control of the house.
He said that but for those moves made by the NPP, Ghana would have for the first time had an opposition majority in Parliament.
“They would have had a minority in Parliament with a president. Their General Secretary even announced it but the last-minute made some movements and some seats were snatched. That one is a statement of fact,” he stressed.
Bagbin believes, it should be lesson for the country to consider the idea of the two leading political parties working together in the interest of the country.
“… Power-sharing which is called consociation [is] where the president will have minority. Though it hasn’t happened in Ghana yet, [but] all our colleagues here know it is possible.”
“And in fact, if not by other interventions, it would have happened in this government,” he stated.
Source: Citi Newsroom