{"id":243071,"date":"2024-10-31T19:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/31\/i-feel-so-embarrassed-to-have-served-in-this-eight-parliament-okudzeto-ablakwa\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T19:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:41:23","slug":"i-feel-so-embarrassed-to-have-served-in-this-eight-parliament-okudzeto-ablakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/31\/i-feel-so-embarrassed-to-have-served-in-this-eight-parliament-okudzeto-ablakwa\/","title":{"rendered":"I Feel So Embarrassed To Have Served In This Eight Parliament- Okudzeto Ablakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/78e910d95cc84dfda552e263daddae75\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Honourable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu Member of Parliament says he feels embarrassed to have served in the Eight Parliament. According to him, the Eight Parliament is not a representation of all citizens of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He made this remark while discussing the implications of the exemption of the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi, commonly called SALL, from Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The people of SALL did not partake in the December 7, 2020, parliamentary election but only voted in the Presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>This followed an announcement by the EC on December 6, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/62e7df0700844f22a44fb9e64eee1a60\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SALL which used to be part of the Volta Region was carved out and became part of the newly formed Oti Region.<\/p>\n<p>After the election, five individuals led by the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Hohoe, Prof Margaret Kweku, sent a human rights application to the Ho High Court.<\/p>\n<p>There were about 17,000 people from Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) enclaves making the 13 communities that were carved out of the Volta Region into the newly created Oti Region. The residents have since been left without representation in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa believes that the country has done the people of SALL a great disservice by denying them a voice in the lawmaking chamber of the country for the past eight years.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post by Accra-based TV3, the outspoken NDC legislator maintained that he feels embarrassed to be part of a Parliament that has not represented all citizens in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel embarrassed to have served in this 8th Parliament, we were just representatives of some of the people, not all the people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/f7d2676ab9b2489a9a2e4af5165224d7\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remember to like, comment, share, and follow for more updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honourable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu Member of Parliament says he feels embarrassed to have served in the Eight Parliament. According to him, the Eight Parliament is not a representation of all citizens of the country. 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