{"id":980119,"date":"2022-02-07T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/07\/slap-deputy-speaker-if-asiedu-nketia-tells-minority\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:48:06","slug":"slap-deputy-speaker-if-asiedu-nketia-tells-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/07\/slap-deputy-speaker-if-asiedu-nketia-tells-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"Slap Deputy Speaker if&#8230; Asiedu Nketia tells Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0AA33E00-E721-4A0E-8A24-7EFA00C8E808-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, popularly known as General Mosquito\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NDC General Secretary <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has encouraged the Minority in Parliament not to relent in their efforts to ensure the Standing Orders of the House are strictly adhered to.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the party\u2019s youth wing in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, February 5, Mr Nketia stated that if need be, Deputy Speakers must be compelled through physical means to ensure they execute their mandate while sitting in for Speaker Alban Bagbin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as impunity does not stop, resistance has been imposed on us as a duty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if a Speaker or the Deputy Speaker says he will be a referee as well as be the one to kick the ball for a penalty, and also blow the whistle that a goal has been scored \u2013 if a slap will ensure he does not do that, slap him so that he comes back to his senses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Asiedu Nketia\u2026.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FbFLtxgUM7\">pic.twitter.com\/FbFLtxgUM7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ogbarmey-Tettey (@AndyOgbarmey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyOgbarmey\/status\/1490633134546771972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His comments were in reference to a scuffle that broke out in Parliament on Monday, December 20, 2021, when the House sat to deliberate on the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) Bill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"UvZI3kyYiaQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MPs fight in Parliament during E-levy voting\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UvZI3kyYiaQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The House was to decide whether the E-Levy Bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency or not.<\/p>\n<p>First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, who presided over the sitting decided to vacate his seat as Speaker in order to cast his vote, as the MP for Bekwai. In his place, the Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, who had already cast his vote as MP for Fomena, was expected to chair the sitting.<\/p>\n<p>Some MPs threw their fists while others fell to the ground. Proceedings were then adjourned due to the chaos that erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Following the event, Joseph Osei-Owusu explained that, unlike Speaker Alban Bagbin who is not an MP, he is.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, due to this, he does not lose his right as a legislator when presiding in the House in the absence of the unavailable Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few matters I\u2019d want to clarify. First, it must be clear that a Deputy Speaker is not a Speaker. Mr. Speaker is not a Member of Parliament. I am a Member of Parliament. The Second Deputy Speaker is an MP and our role is to assist the Speaker in managing this House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when Mr. Speaker is not available, either of us could preside on the House, so can any other member if necessary. Any other member can be elected by the House to preside. That member does not lose his right to be a member of the House. That is what our Standing Order says,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Bekwai MP clarified that \u201cwhen it comes to the question of voting, it is very clear anytime any of the Deputy Speakers or any other member elected to preside is in the chair, that member does not vote. That has never been in dispute. 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