{"id":836,"date":"2023-11-29T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2023-11-29T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"sitting-suspended-in-parliament-as-majority-walks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"Sitting suspended in Parliament as Majority walks out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament<\/a> has staged a walkout of the chamber, disrupting the approval process for the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government for the year ending December 31, 2024.<\/p>\n

The walkout occurred after the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin<\/a>, put the motion on a voice vote and declared the Majority as having carried the motion.<\/p>\n

However, the Speaker\u2019s ruling was challenged by the Minority Caucus, who argued that there was no clear distinction between the \u201chear hear\u201d and the \u201cNays\u201d during the voice vote.<\/p>\n

Invoking Order 113(2), the Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Kofi Armah-Buah, called for a headcount or division to determine the outcome of the vote. The Speaker, adhering to the Minority\u2019s request, instructed the Clerks at the Table to conduct the headcount.<\/p>\n

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