The Minority in Parliament has issued a stern warning to the Majority Caucus, stating that they should not expect any cooperation from the group in light of the ongoing prosecution of Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson.
The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an application from Gyakye Quayson’s legal team, who sought to overturn the High Court’s decision to subject the legislator to daily trials.
Speaking to journalists in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority Leader, expressed his concern that this ruling undermines a constitutional provision stating that a Member of Parliament cannot be absent for more than fifteen sittings without valid reason.
He emphasized that as long as the prosecution of Gyakye Quayson continues, the Minority will withhold cooperation with the Majority on any matters within the House.
“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.”