Muntaka Mubarak, the Chief Whip for the Minority in Parliament has finally responded to the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi’s outburst after some appointees of the President were approved by the house.
Speaking on Adom FM, Muntaka noted that if care was not taken party politics may overrun the constitution and national interest.
This comes after Sammy Gyamfi in a Facebook post accused him and the NDC caucus in the house of championing their own interests instead of the party’s.
“Some have sold their conscience but ours is intact. And we can work together to rebuild the party from the ashes of 3 March 2021, which I call ‘Black Wednesday’ – our day of self-inflicted shame,” Mr Gyamfi said in the post, adding: “This is the time for us to insist on the right changes in the leadership of the NDC group in parliament or forget about them completely.”
“The current leadership have lost their moral authority to lead and are not fit to sit on the front bench of the NDC side of the house. More importantly,” he noted, “it’s about time we understood that we don’t have any NDC Speaker of Parliament”.
“No, we don’t!” he stressed, in reference to Mr Bagbin, complaining: “We have a Speaker who rode on the back of the NDC into office to pursue his own parochial agenda and nothing more. You trust them at your own peril,” he warned members and supporters of the NDC.
Responding to these claims Muntaka indicated that Members of Parliament swore an oath to uphold the constitution and not necessarily advance its party’s interest.
“Every member of parliament swore an oath to uphold the constitution. The mandate of every member of parliament overruns his party. The mandate of every member of parliament is above the interest of the party because after the election you don’t only represent the party but everyone in your constituency. Your party is just one leg so anything from your party is just an advice. You should remember that the buck stops with you the MP,” he was quoted by ghanaweb.
“You swore an oath to your own conscience and values. As a Whip, one of my duties is to get everyone to appreciate the position of the party and to be able to factor it but the final decision lies with every member,” he said.
GhanaFeed.com
