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Parliament will pass its first set of committees on Tuesday, as members settle for the real issue at 2pm.
The House is expected to pass a 20-member Selection Committee chaired by the President that will determine which deputy should serve on which committee.
The House is also expected to prioritize the approval of the Nominating Committee so that it can soon begin work on the approval of President Akufo-Addo’s list of ministerial nominees, which is due out soon.
Meanwhile, the deputy leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus, James Klutse Avedzi, says that with 137-137 seats for both, the chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party committees should be divided equally.
“We have to chair the committees on 50 – 50 bases. We have the same number in parliament 137-137, so in each committee, the numbers will be shared equally. “
He explained: “For example, when we have a committee of 20 members, we have to have between 10 and 10.
“Where we have, say, a 25-member committee, we can decide to give them 13, we’ll take 12, but even with that, we’ll insist that they take number 13 for two years, then we’ll go back and take 13 for the other two years. We have to share it in equal parts 50-50, they preside over half, we preside over half. “
But NPP Caucus Deputy Leader Alexander Afenyo Markins says President Alban Bagbin’s statement that the NPP plus the independent deputy constitute a majority parliamentary group gives them the upper hand.
“Sir. The president has finally resolved it, moving forward means that business will be done in this chamber with clarity of thought that the NPP Caucus constitutes the majority and therefore would lead the constitution of committee formation in accordance with our current statutes “.
In addition, he indicated that the NDC deputy for Assin North, James Qauyeson, cannot appear as such due to a court order against him. It says that legally, the NDC has 136 seats in parliament.