The Lion's share Pioneer (Majority leader) in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has faulted the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for all the commotion that characterised the talk about on the 2022 Budget.
Concurring to him, the chaos started on November 17 when the Budget was displayed. He said prior to the Back Serve’s presentation, Speaker undermined the Insight Ofori-Atta that he ought to either apportion 1.72 billion of the anticipated income to Parliament or have the budget tossed out.This, he said come about within the delay within the Budget presentation.
Talking to the press on Thursday, the Suame MP expressed, “we are where we are since in my see of the beginning of the presentation of this Budget, the day when this Budget came to be displayed, we were within the chamber and we all saw that after the Back Serve had strolled in, we had to be at the Speaker’s office for close to 1 hour. We were not coming out.
“Why weren’t we coming out? We were not coming out since we had a Speaker who told the Fund Serve that since he had not given Parliament an sum of 1.72 billion, that he the Speaker has asked the Fund Serve to deliver to Parliament, he the Speaker was getting to guarantee that the Budget was rejected. That's what happened that day.â€
He included that “He [the Speaker] debilitated him [Fund Serve] that his Budget was aiming to be rejected by Parliament and indeed said to him that he doesn’t need to remind him of what his possess father did to President Hilla Limann. That was the Speaker.
“So all that's playing out it goes to fulfill what the Speaker shown at the exceptionally starting of the presentation of the Budget that he’d make beyond any doubt this Budget was rejected. Is that the case? The individuals of this nation should to know the mindset of this Speaker with regard to this Budget.â€
Hence, the 2022 Budget was rejected by a Minority-as it were House after the Larger part Gather strolled out.
The Larger part clarified that they took that choice to dissent the nearness of the NDC Secretary Common, Johnson Asiedu Nketia in Parliament’s display.
The Minority Gather in Parliament fought that the rejected the Budget since in the event that endorsed, it'll develop the hardship of Ghanaians.
After a head-tally which saw all Minority MPs on their feet in resistance to a movement for the Back Serve to have a encourage engagement with the administration of Parliament, the Speaker ruled that the Budget had been rejected.