{"id":399053,"date":"2017-07-09T02:45:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/09\/ghanaian-mps-only-make-stupid-decisions-pass-stupid-laws-casely-hayford\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T02:45:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T02:45:46","slug":"ghanaian-mps-only-make-stupid-decisions-pass-stupid-laws-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/09\/ghanaian-mps-only-make-stupid-decisions-pass-stupid-laws-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian MP\u2019s only make &#8216;stupid decisions&#8217;, &#8216;pass stupid laws&#8217; \u2013 Casely Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday,  9 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20259001.295.jpg\" alt=\"Casely Hayford Pdoej\" title=\"Casely Hayford Pdoej\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Financial Analyst and Social commentator, Sydney Casely Hayford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499568346_767_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Financial Analyst and Social commentator Casely Hayford has launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians in the country describing them as a bunch of persons who just sit in parliament to make stupid decisions and pass stupid laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are sitting there, spending money like crazy, making stupid decisions, and passing stupid laws\u201d,he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that rather than making the interest of the country priority, they capitalize on their position to exploit the country\u2019s resources. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll they can think of is, let\u2019s pass this thing quickly, let\u2019s go to Senchi Royal, let\u2019s go and sit there and chill and come back and that\u2019s the pattern\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casely Hayford who was Guest Speaker at a seminar dubbed \u201cThe Economic and Political Rise of Africa\u201d, said parliamentarians, contrary to their role of representing the voiceless by passing laws that help promote development in the country, pass laws without considering the relevant factors and the consequences their actions may produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t read the papers that they are given, they don\u2019t think through what the challenges are\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n<p>For him, the parliament house is merely as good as a tourist site which will serve the country better by bringing in income through tourism. He recommended that the country\u2019s existing legislative body be dissolved and regional ones formed to ensure measurable work is done and to promote accountability in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing I will do if I had the opportunity is to break down parliament. We don\u2019t need it\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe if we break it down we are wasting money but maybe we can use it as a tourist attraction, we can say, this is what we used to do in the past, so come for a tour and then we should just poster it all so people can see\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have regional parliaments, every region, we have 10 of them in Ghana, every region must have its own legal parliament, every region must have its own law courts, every region must have its ministries and down at that level, let the decisions be made as to where they want to go\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar themed; &#8220;The Economic and Political Rise of Africa\u201d saw several students from various tertiary institutions and corporate workers in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The event organized by the Governance and Security Group of Africa (CSG Africa) came off on Saturday July 8 at the African Regent Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYqs23wQL7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 9 July 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-07-09 play videoFinancial Analyst and Social commentator, Sydney Casely Hayford &#13; 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