In Parliament: Minority walks out over Ameri deal

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday (August 1, 2017) walked out of the house over the Speaker’s decision to forward the motion to withdraw the 2015 AMERI deal to the House’s Energy Committee.

Speaking to Accra-based Citi FM, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka said, “this is the first time in my whole life in Parliament that I am seeing that a motion, when it is just moved and seconded, is referred to a committee.”

“You see, we keep talking about the gagging but people don’t understand because it is not for nothing that the Minority Leader stands. It is because the Minority have reasons to speak and if you do everything to prevent them from speaking, you make the House very difficult to govern.”

“This is the first time in my whole life in Parliament that I am seeing that a motion, when it just moved and seconded, is referred to a committee.”

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