In response to the ongoing prosecution of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, the Minority in Parliament has issued a warning to the Majority Caucus, expressing their reluctance to cooperate until the situation is resolved.
The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an application by Gyakye Quayson’s legal team to overturn the High Court’s decision to hold daily trials for the legislator.
Speaking to the media in Parliament on the back of this, the Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, voiced concerns that the ruling undermines a constitutional provision preventing an MP from being absent for more than fifteen sittings. This, in their view, raises issues of fairness and due process.
The Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam MP cautioned that as long as the prosecution of Gyakye Quayson continues, the Minority will withhold cooperation with the Majority in Parliament.
“Since they have escalated the persecution of James Gyakye Quayson, they should not expect cooperation from us, and we will not announce our strategy going forward, but what we can say is that all options are on the table, and they should not expect cooperation from us. I won’t go into the details but let them be assured that amidst persecution, cooperation will suffer and that is the position of the Minority.”
“Let Ghanaians be aware that the NPP doesn’t have the moral right to talk about patriotism because if you are patriotic you will not abandon Parliament and use state resources to be campaigning as the Vice President is doing. So let the public be aware that, it is not the NDC members of Parliament who do not want to do government business, but it is the NPP members.”
