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  • Osei Owusu, Fomena MP to back Bagbin as First, Second deputy speakers

    Joseph Osei-Owusu has been elected by both sides of the house as First Deputy Speaker of the 8th parliament.

    He will be assisted by Andrew Asiamah Amoako as the Second Deputy Speaker in the newly instituted parliament.

    Joseph Osei-Owusu was nominated by Majority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu and seconded by Minority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu. He is a lawyer and Member of Parliament for Ashanti Bekwai.

    He was born on 22 January 1962 and had his basic education in his hometown. He was also the first deputy speaker of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic.

    Andrew Asiamah Amoako is also a lawyer. After losing in the primaries prior to the 2020 general elections, he decided to run as an independent candidate.

    He had been a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which, citing Article 3(9) of its constitution, revoked his membership and notified the Speaker of Parliament, who duly declared his seat vacant on 13 October 2020 under the provisions of Article 97 (1)g of the Constitution.

    Meanwhile, he has indicated plans to caucus with the NPP side in the 8th parliament.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Life is very difficult for MPs Joseph Osei-Owusu confesses

    First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu has confessed that Parliamentarians face difficulty because Ghanaians do not know the work of their parliamentarians.

    According to him, although the constitution stipulates that Parliamentarians are lawmakers, their Constituents think they are agents of change through development.

    He indicated that constituents are of the view that Members of Parliament are rather agents of development hence their failure to provide developmental needs of the people creates some form of difficulty for MPs.

    He said while speaking in an interview with Accra-based TV3 monitored by MyNewsGh.com that “It appears to me that what the constitution assigns a MP and what the voter expects of a Member of Parliament are irreconcilable.”

    “The voter expects the MP to be the agent if development whereas the constitution makes the MP the legislator.”

    “I think that to be fair Ghana is becoming money prone,” he stressed.

    Source: My News GH

  • Constitution says MPs are lawmakers but voters think theyre agents for development Osei Owusu

    Member of Parliament-elect for Bekwai, Joe Osei Owusu (Joewise) has noted that voters have a different view of the work of a Member of Parliament (MP).

    He said, whereas the constitution states clearly that MPs are lawmakers, the voter expects them to be agents for development.

    This situation, he said, creates difficulties for the legislators.

    The First Deputy Speaker in Parliament told TV3 in an interview that “It appears to me that what the constitution assigns an MP and what the voter expects of a Member of Parliament are irreconcilable.”

    “The voter expects the MP to be the agent if development whereas the constitution makes the MP the legislator.”

    “I think that to be fair Ghana is becoming money prone.”

    Source: 3 News