Paying Assembly Members Is Unconstitutional – Majority Leader To Mahama

Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says John Mahama’s promise of paying assembly members if re-elected has no constitutional basis.

Speaking in Parliament on Monday, he stated that the former president has no power to pay assembly members because their emoluments is enshrined in the constitution to come from the district assemblies.

“Mr Speaker Article 250 subcategory 2 states that The emolument of a presiding member of a district assembly and other members of the assembly shall be determined by the district assembly and paid out of the assembly’s own resources.”

The Suame MP explained that as long as that article remaind unamended, to president can directly pay salaries of assembly members.

“Where are you going to get the money from? No presidential candidate can go about making such promises. We should be serious with ourselves as a nation,” Mr. Kyei Mensah added.

Source: GhanaFeed.Com