Feature Article of Saturday, 28 April 2018Columnist: Samson Lardy AnyeniniSamson’s Take: Let’s get these MPs out! To conduct business, parliament requires a quorum of one-third of MPs – i.e only 92 of the 275 members. In 2017, 27 MP-ministers and 21 MP-deputy ministers absented themselves more than 15 times during some 80 sittings. But while those who double as ministers may give the obvious excuses, it is scandalous to find that opposition MPs are equally guilty and NDC MPs constitute 28% while 72% of NPP MPs form the list of absentee MPs. The Constitution dictates that MPs who violate this rule must vacate their seats, and the orders empower and require the Speaker to declare such seats vacant.

Source: GhanaWeb April 28, 2018 09:33 UTC