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The Deputy National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Godwin Ako Gunn NDC says there is not going to be any consensus building between the Majority and Minority in Parliament henceforth.
According to him, the Minority MPs urged the Majority to remove and or reduce some items from the budget, but they refused.
The 2022 budget statement was on Friday rejected by the country’s Parliament after a heated debate.
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The rejection was made possible after all 137 Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) voted against the motion on Friday while members of the Majority Caucus had abandoned their seats in protest against alleged bias on the part of the Speaker of Parliament Prior to the crucial voting, the Speaker had called for a head count to establish if the House had form a quorum in order to proceed.
A quorum was formed per the Speaker’s judgement even though members of the Majority caucus had staged a walkout.
All members of the Minority Caucus proceeded to reject the 2022 budget when the question on the motion for the approval of the budget was put out.
But on Tuesday, the budget was approved by the Majority in the absence of the Minority.
Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Mr Ako Gunn said,”They said those who are sending 100 will not pay the 1.75% and we said that the threshold will kill people so they should increase it to GHC200 or GHC3,00 but they didn’t listen to us”
He said there will be no consensus building because the NPP MPs did not meet them at a point when they wanted to build consensus with them.
“There is nothing about consensus building henceforth with regards to negotiations ” he added.
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