Second Deputy Speaker supports reforms to increase women Parliamentarians

Aburi (E/R), July
22, GNA – The Second Deputy Speaker of
 
Parliament ,  Mr Alban Sumana
Bagbin has thrown his support
  for
electoral reforms to get more women into Parliament .

He said women in the
country are culturally disadvantaged and many of them could not also subject
themselves to the rough politics associated with political elections in the
country and therefore needed support.

Mr Bagbin was
speaking at the Parliamentary Constituency Forum in the Akuapem South
Constituency at Aburi, organised on the theme “Deepening citizen’s engagement for
better understanding of the legislature.”

Mr Bagbin said
Parliament had recently approved a loan facility secured by government for the
upgrading of the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital to be a referral hospital
with plans for its future development into a teaching hospital.

He said he had been
talking with the chairman of the Board of Directors of COCOBOD for funding for
the rehabilitation of facilities at the reception centre of the Tetteh Quarshie
Cocoa farm.

Mr Bagbin defended
the need for constituencies to support their Members of Parliament (MPs) who
were doing well in Parliament and their constituencies for them to serve them
for longer years in Parliament.

He explained that
when an MP stayed longer in Parliament, apart from mastering the parliamentary
procedure and helping Parliament to make better laws, those MPs also
established the necessary contacts and network to attract more support for
their constituencies.

The Minority Leader
of Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu called on the public to participate in the
Parliamentary procedure by sending memoranda to the Speaker of Parliament and
observed that one of the weakness of the Ghanaian Parliament was the
by-partisan nature of Parliament.

He explained that
the purpose of the forum was to bring Parliament closer to the people to enable
them appreciate their work.

Mr Kwesi Ameyaw
Kyeremeh, Majority Chief Whip  called on
the public  to use the parliamentary
channels created for them to help enrich the laws passed by parliament and
explained that people’s participation in the legislative process was important
because wisdom does not rest in the heads of few people.

Mr Kyeremeh
explained that to get more women into Parliament, there was the need for the
political parties to agree to reserve parliamentary seats in their safe
constituencies for women in their parties.

Ms Comfort Doyoo
Ganza, Vice Chairperson of the Parliamentary Women Caucus said out of the 275
MPs, only 37 are women and appealed to the electorate to help get more women to
Parliament.

Mr O. B. Amoah, MP
for Akuapem South said government had sought a loan for the rehabilitation of
the Kwabenya-Brekuso-Kitase road.

He said the Minister
of Roads and Highways had inspected the Aburi-Nsawam road and promised to have
ramps constructed at the appropriate places to help reduce speeding to protect
pedestrians.

Mr Amoah said he was
discussing with the Akuapem South District Assembly for the repair of all the
broken down street lights in the constituency.

GNA

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