‘You’re behaving like a spoilt child who has lost his food’

Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak [L] and Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin

The Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region and Minister of Interior, Mohammed Mubarak- Muntaka, on June 3, 2025, criticised the Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, for what he described as a disregard for the rules of the House.

According to Muntaka, Afenyo-Markin disrespected parliamentary procedure by frequently rising to speak without following the laid-down processes.

He accused the Minority Leader of behaving inappropriately during a parliamentary session and called on the Speaker to bring him to order.

“Mr Speaker, this is where my worry is. After you have referred this to the committee, reading Standing Order 160, it does not give any other member the opportunity to just get up and speak about what has been referred. You can only go to the committee and make your argument there. When the report comes, that is when you debate it,” Muntaka stated on the floor.

He continued, “But Mr Speaker, the way the Minority Leader is behaving, he is simply turning the rules of the House upside down. He gets up and speaks anyhow he wishes. With the greatest respect, we need to bring the Minority Leader to order, for him to understand that this House is governed by rules.”

“He cannot be speaking out of turn. He is behaving like a spoilt child who has lost his food and is therefore behaving anyhow. Mr. Speaker, let us get him to act in order.”

In response, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin criticised Muntaka’s comments, describing them as a personal attack and inappropriate for parliamentary discourse.

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