Minority Refutes Claims Of Hampering Parliamentary Business With Boycott

The Minority in Parliament says its absence from Parliament is not hampering the house from conducting business activities.

The group says, although it abandons business activities in the chamber to solidarise with its colleagues facing prosecution at the court, the Majority caucus with its 137 numbers could form a quorum to conduct business.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Minority Chief Whip, Governs Agbodza urged the majority caucus to desist from blaming the inability of the house to conduct parliamentary business on the NDC legislators’ boycott.

“The number of colleagues in the chamber yesterday was 75 which went short of the number we needed to do business. But I was surprised yesterday that the Majority Chief Whip was making public pronouncements with the effect that the absence of myself and colleagues was hampering parliamentary business and so many comments.”

The Minority in Parliament says its absence from Parliament is not hampering the house from conducting business activities.

The group says, although it abandons business activities in the chamber to solidarise with its colleagues facing prosecution at the court, the Majority caucus with its 137 numbers could form a quorum to conduct business.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Minority Chief Whip, Governs Agbodza urged the majority caucus to desist from blaming the inability of the house to conduct parliamentary business on the NDC legislators’ boycott.

“The number of colleagues in the chamber yesterday was 75 which went short of the number we needed to do business. But I was surprised yesterday that the Majority Chief Whip was making public pronouncements with the effect that the absence of myself and colleagues was hampering parliamentary business and so many comments.”