Politics
NDC Making It Impossible For Minority to Cooperate With Us In Parliament – Afenyo Markin
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, is accusing the Minority in Parliament of yielding to influences from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to cooperate with them in Parliament.
According to him, the Minority were effectively working with the Majority in Parliament, but have in recent times given into partisanship relating to the work of the House.
Speaking on Point of View on Citi TV, he said the difficulties of the House in working smoothly, in terms of getting certain agreements passed and coming to a consensus on various issues including the controversial E-levy, has been difficult due to the situation.
“I would say that insisting on partisan position has affected our work. Our friends [Minority] did so well when we were doing the vetting. They were very cooperative, except that on E-levy, the forces that are bigger than them has made it virtually impossible for us to proceed,” he told the host of Point of View, Bernard Avle, on Monday, March 21, 2022.
“The reason why we have still not proceeded [with E-levy] and we are still engaging simply tells you that we believe that there must be some consensus. The 1.5% reduction was not accidental, [it was after consensus]. If we don’t appreciate that we need to have consensus, we wouldn’t have engaged them,” he stressed.
