Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu cannot be ousted – Minority Leader

Politics of Tuesday October 20, 2020

Source: GNA

2020-10-20

Tamale South Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Haruna Iddrisu said his majority counterpart Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu will win the upcoming parliamentary elections, despite challenges from an independent candidate to the Suame’s seat.

George Prempeh, with ties to the ruling New Patriotic Party (PNP), is running as an independent candidate, determined to remove Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Suame’s deputy and government affairs leader.

Mr. Prempeh could not contest the PNP primaries because the delegates supported the current deputy from Suame not to oppose it.

However, the minority leader, during a comment in parliament, suggested that attempts to overthrow Suame’s incumbent deputy would be useless.

He spoke during the motion for the House to adopt the Trade Statement by the third week.

Haruna suggested that lawmakers need to ensure that there is a balance between their presence in their constituencies and work in the House as they strived to retain their seats in the upcoming elections.

Iddrisu called on state ministers and the majority leader to prioritize bills for the House rather than sealing the House with bills in what he called “the November four-year term.”

He said bills like the National Ambulance Bill and the National Blood Transfusion Bill could wait before critical government bills like the State Council and anti-money laundering bills.

Mr. Iddrisu commended Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akufo, who was present in the Chamber, for writing to inform him of the legislation she would like to work on.

Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announced that 60 bills were scheduled for the meeting and that there had been a meeting of ministers to prioritize bills scheduled for the House.

He explained that the national blood transfusion bill had been incorporated due to the demands of the time.

Meanwhile, Majority Leader Whip Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, reading the Business Statement on behalf of the Majority Leader, announced that the House would meet on Monday, October 26, 2020.