I would have joined NDC MPs to vote against the budget if I knew non-MPs can vote – Asiedu Nketia
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has praised the Minority Members in Parliament for how they dealt with the 2022 budget statement.
The chief scribe noted that the opposition lawmakers stood on the side of Ghanaians to reject the 2022 budget.
“I will commend our MPs that so far they have stood on the side of Ghanaians and have exercised that powerfully.
“In fact, if I knew that it was permissible to infiltrate and vote, I would have descended from the public gallery to come and make the number 138.
“So they (NDC MPs) have done their part. Now, there is confusion as to whether the budget has been accepted or rejected. We are still fighting that and they are pursuing every legal method to ensure that the principals of the budget will be rejected,” he said at the NDC public forum on the 2022 budget on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
The General Secretary’s comments come after the Majority Caucus in Parliament were reported to have walked out of the chamber on Friday, November 26, 2021, due to his presence.
It is on record that The Majority in Parliament staged a walkout after the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin directed Ministers of State who are non-lawmakers to leave the chamber to enable MPs to take a division vote on whether to postpone the vote on whether the Finance Minister should be allowed to engage the House further on November 26 2021.
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