The House of Parliament has approved the budget statement for 2022 in the absence of the Minority Leader on Tuesday, December 1, 2021.
Even though the budget was already rejected on Friday, November 26 by the Minority Caucus after the Majority Caucus had staged a walk-out, it was approved by the Majority.
The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, who presided over the meeting said the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, erred when he rejected the budget in favour of the Minority.
On Friday, November 26, the Minority Caucus, in a parliamentary meeting presided over by the Speaker, rejected the budget.
The Minority wanted the Agyapa deals and the e-levy policy in the budget retracted. They also wanted the budget to address the predicament of the victims of the tidal wave.
However, the Majority Caucus, in the absence of the Minority, overturned the previous judgment on the budget and approved it.
These two developments have rendered Ghanaians confused as they wonder if Parliament has adopted a double-track system.
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