Chairperson of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Kwaku Agyeman Kwarteng, has urged his colleagues to respect the referral of some MPs to the Privileges Committee, saying it is the only means through which some mistakes can be corrected.
He said the call of Adwoa Safo, Henry Quartey and Kennedy Agyapong is a perfect opportunity for the House to make moves that would lessen the high pace of non-attendance among MPs.
He let Samson Lardy Anyenini on Newsfile know that because there seems, by all accounts, to be a politicization of the matter, officials should initially consider the significance and positive effects this might have on their obligations.
"It shouldn't have worked out like this. We shouldn't have sat tight as Parliament for it to turn out to be politically beneficial to maintain arrangements that have been caught in our Constitution and Standing Orders and perhaps, we ought to view this as a potential chance to address what has been done wrongly before.
"I'm the Chairman of a Committee that sits regularly and I likewise have worries about participation even at my Committee. I see that on the floor and I am left in almost certainly that something must be done to address this; it can't continue until the end of time. I argue that we don't slice our nose to show disdain toward our face."
"It is actually the case that this elements in Parliament, in regard of the people who have been alluded to the Privileges Committee, are emerging from a specific political craving to acquire numbers advantage however we risk likewise making light of the guidelines," he contended.
The Majority and Minority sides of Parliament have communicated assorted sees over the reference of the MPs, as some accept it is a plan focused on at the Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo.
Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak has said that Adwoa Safo is being dealt with unreasonably by both the Speaker and the Majority Leader corresponding to her reference to the Privileges Committee.
He contended that the MP had attempted fair treatment to look for a time away from the Speaker prior to leaving the country for the United States of America to deal with a few private matters.
Be that as it may, the Majority Leader who had accepted her application had would not advance it to the Speaker.
This has been dismissed by the Majority side.
However, in these, the Obuasi West MP, Kwaku Kwarteng, encouraged individuals from the Parliament to regard arrangements in the Constitution and Standing Orders and backing the Speaker to manage the deep rooted issue of non-appearance.
"Nothing ought to stop us likewise to the degree that it is legal to exploit these arrangements in these times when we have little numbers, when we have tight numbers to guarantee that we take the benefit that we can."
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