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The 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu has urged Members of Parliament to be firm in the discharge of their duty and not be intimidated by pressures from the public.<\/p>\n

He said MPs must not circumvent the law to appease t"},"modified":"2019-07-13T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T15:34:29","slug":"dont-break-laws-to-appease-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/13\/dont-break-laws-to-appease-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t break laws to appease the public"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu has urged Members of Parliament to be firm in the discharge of their duty and not be intimidated by pressures from the public.<\/p>\n

He said MPs must not circumvent the law to appease the public.<\/p>\n

He made the statement at a workshop organized for leadership of parliament and selected parliamentary committees on Enhancing Parliamentary Oversight through Public Procurement in Koforidua.<\/p>\n

He said Members of Parliament must notice that the public today has become more interested \u00a0and resourced to assess and judge the actions of MPs.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cWe must all recognize that this country has changed and it is going to continue to change. Particularly for those of us in the public sector. The days that we shared information we wanted the public to know is over. People will find the information wherever it is, they will give the interpretation they want and wow a lot more people are vocal and vociferous. They are not intimidated any more. They will go and bring comparison from elsewhere around the round to compare with what you are doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n