PNC Demands Salaries Deduction From NDC’s MPs Who Boycott Parliamentary Sitting To Attend Court Proceedings.

The People’s National Convention (PNC) has accused the Minority in Parliament of causing financial loss to the state with regard to their boycott of parliamentary proceedings in solidarity with two caucus members who are standing trial.

A statement signed by the party’s General Secretary, Janet Asana Nabla, condemned the action and further urged the Finance Minister to impose a surcharge on all Minority members on days when they will be absent from the House.

As much as the Minority is free to voice their support for any member, the statement noted that “the decision to boycott sitting due to criminal charges instituted by the republic against their colleague is worrying”.

“An opposition party that professes to believe in the rule of law is expected to have faith in the legal system of our nation, where they held the reins of power a few years ago.”

“The Minority Members in Parliament at this moment are causing financial loss to the state by abandoning their Parliamentary business to go to court to protest for their colleague,” the statement noted.

“For how long will the Minority in Parliament continue this boycott of parliamentary sitting at the expense of the tax payer?” the PNC quizzed. Speaking in an interview on the Link Agoo AM Show on Monday, the General Secretary of the People’s National Convention, Janet Asana Nabla, indicated that the politicisation of criminal proceedings must not be encouraged at all levels.

“As legislators, we expect them to demonstrate their commitment to the rule of law as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. Politization of criminal proceedings must not be encouraged at all levels if we seek to hold to the tenet of the rule of law.”

 

 

 

 

The Minority in Parliament has announced its decision to abstain from Parliamentary proceedings on days when the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, is due to appear in court for an ongoing criminal prosecution against him.

Mr. Quayson, the embattled politician, was sworn in as an MP for Assin North on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, after being victorious in the recently held by-election.

In a gesture of solidarity, Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson said that the whole Minority caucus will follow Mr. Quayson to court and will abstain from House business on those precise days.

The decision is intended to protest what the Minority perceives as ongoing persecution against Mr. Quayson.
She noted that no one in this country is above the law, and the law should take its course. They are therefore demanding salary deductions from their pay and allowances.

Reacting to their concern, she attributed the mess Mr. Quayson was going through to the NDC for pushing him to contest again in the just-ended by-election.

 

 

 

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