Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has taken a strong exception to the dismissal of his motion by the Acting Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, by describing the latter’s decision as “abuse of discretionary power”. Mr Osei-Owusu, who is the First Deputy Speaker, had refused the motion by the Tamale South Member …
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The Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Norgbey, has justified snatching the seat of the Speaker of Parliament after confusion broke out in the House on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. There was chaos in Parliament after the sit-in Speaker, First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu gave a ruling which …
Read More »Joe Osei-Owusu: ‘A Deputy Speaker Is Not A Speaker, I’m An MP’
The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, insists that he was not wrong in associating himself with the Majority side to approve the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Nana Akufo-Addo government on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The First Deputy Speaker included himself in the total number of Members …
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