Following the daily prosecution of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, the Minority Caucus has cautioned the Majority Caucus not to expect cooperation from the party.
On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal dismissed a motion by Gyakye Quayson’s legal team seeking to reverse the High Court’s decision to try the legislator on a daily basis.
In an interview with media in Parliament, Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson stated that the verdict violates the constitutional rule that a Member of Parliament must not be absent for more than fifteen sittings.
The Minority Leader stated that as long as Gyakye Quayson’s prosecution is ongoing, the Minority will never work with the Majority in the House.
“Since they have escalated the persecution of James Gyakye Quayson, they should not expect cooperation from us, and we will not announce our strategy going forward, but what we can say is that all options are on the table, and they should not expect cooperation from us. I won’t go into the details but let them be assured that amidst persecution, cooperation will suffer and that is the position of the Minority.”
“Let Ghanaians be aware that the NPP doesn’t have the moral right to talk about patriotism because if you are patriotic you will not abandon Parliament and use state resources to be campaigning as the Vice President is doing. So let the public be aware that, it is not the NDC members of Parliament who do not want to do government business, but it is the NPP members.”
