Most MPs become miserable just 4 months after losing elections: outgoing MP

General news for Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Source: 3 News

2020-12-15

The chairman of the select parliamentary committee on constitutional, legal and parliamentary affairs, Ben Abdallah Banda, has revealed why some members of Parliament feel miserable after losing power.

The Offinso South MP said that some of his colleagues borrow a lot to spend and that when they leave Parliament with nothing in their hands, they end up being miserable.

Abdella Banda shared this revelation in an interview on Onua TV’s 100 Degrees hosted by Kwame Tutu on Monday, December 14 while speaking in the so-called Hanging Parliament in front of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

“We don’t buy votes. We give them T&T and something to buy water. We borrow the money from the banks and pay with interest, ”he explained.

The committee chairman admitted that members of parliament dole out money to the people, although that, in his opinion, does not constitute a bribe to the electorate.

“Of course some [MPs] They pay ¢ 200 GH per month. I have taken loans before for so many things because you have to take care of your voters, you have to go to the primaries.

Mr. Abdallah explained that for some parliamentarians, four months after losing the elections, they become miserable because they “borrowed for their campaigns and other things”.

Approval of laws

The MP from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) admitted that the current government and Parliament could not pass most laws even though it is the only government and Parliament that has passed most laws in Ghana’s history.

“We could not pass most of the laws and the example is the Right to Information Bill. Laws normally emanate from the Presidency and that gives that committee a quick mandate to pass laws quickly.

He said that “no government in Ghana’s history has been able to pass 50 laws within a regime, but this current government and Parliament have passed more than 100 laws.”