General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has warned that it is in the best interest of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to cooperate with the NPP if they dare dream of having the Deputy Speakership slot in Parliament.
According to him, the NPP will unanimously vote to acquire the First Speaker and first Deputy Speaker slots and leave the NDC with the second Deputy Speaker position.
Should the NDC put up a needless challenge, the only independent candidate of the next Parliament who has chosen to sit with the NPP will be nominated to be second deputy speaker.
“The constitution does not even state that it is the majority party that will get speakership. According to the constitution, anybody can be nominated within and outside parliament and it will be put to vote,” John Boadu told the press on Monday.
He added: “And per what the constitution dictates, we cannot have one party having all the three speakership position. So by that, the third one can go.”
“But even with that, if they do not cooperate, we may have a situation where the only independent candidate becomes the Second Deputy Speaker.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com