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Reporting by AKASH SAMAROO & JANELLE BERNARD The historical deadlock continues at the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) as the Assembly failed to decide upon a Presiding Officer. In contention were Ingrid Melville (nominated by the People’s National Movement) and Julien Skeete (nominated by the Progressive Democratic Patriots), both of whom won six votes each from the two political parties elected to the Assembly. Deputy Political Leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP), Farley Augus...

Ablakwa: We shall not be reckless obstructionists The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu and a Member of the Appointment Committee in Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said his fellow members on the committee from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) side shall not be a group of reckless obstructionists. However, “but we do not also intend to serve as mere conveyor belts or jinxed accomplices either,” Mr Ablakwa indicated. He has, therefore, sent a word of caution to the min...

  The Speaker of Parliament Alban S.K. Bagbin has urged Members of the Eighth Parliament to desist from confusing the public over the leadership of the two groups in the house. Speaking in Parliament today, Right Honourable Bagbin stated that Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu was the Majority Leader and Haruna Iddrisu was the Minority Leader. He said: "...The Standing Orders further provide that the Majority Group will be lead by a leader and that leader is referred to as Majority Leader and Order 160 an...

EGM fiasco: Cllr Ecclestone to file complaint with authorities Councillor Christopher Ecclestone said he would lodge an official complaint with the Monitoring Officer at Test Valley Borough Council and the Department of Communities and Local Government against the backdrop of EGM fiasco that saw four councillors being excluded from the meeting on Thursday. Cllr Ecclestone called the EGM “a new low in local democracy” and accused the Proper Officer and mayor of excluding him from confide...

705 The Speaker of Parliament Alban S.K. Bagbin has urged Members of the Eighth Parliament to desist from confusing the public over the leadership of the two groups in the house. Speaking in Parliament today, Right Honourable Bagbin stated that Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu was the Majority Leader and Haruna Iddrisu was the Minority Leader. He said: "...The Standing Orders further provide that the Majority Group will be lead by a leader and that leader is referred to as Majority Leader and Order 160 a...

By Saman Indrajith SJB MP Harin Fernando told Parliament yesterday that he would wear a black shawl in the Chamber until Ranjan Ramanayake received justice.. “Unlike those who wear the kurahan sataka in the chamber to show their family power in Parliament, I will wear a black shawl in the Chamber seeking justice,” Fernando said. “I was shocked when he heard that he would be dragged like a dog similar to a terrorist leader for criticizing the high and mighty powers of this country. “In ...

  The Majority Caucus, made up of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Group and Independent MP, have maintained that they form the Majority Caucus in Parliament, and its leader is the Majority Leader of the House. Accordingly, they expect their colleagues from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to respect the position, even if it is one person that gives them the supremacy in terms of numerical strength. Additionally, they called on Speaker Alban Bagbin to hold this view as such so that there wo...

  Both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have pulled equal slots on the Appointment and Business Committees of Parliament. Each has 13 members on the Appointment Committee and 10 members on the Business Committee. The Business Committee is chaired by Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonss, Leader of the NPP Majority, with Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin as the Vice. First Deputy Speaker and MP for Bekwai Joseph Osei-Owusu, chairs the Appointmwent Committe...

Graphic Online BY: Nana Konadu-Agyeman & Emmanuel Bruce Category: Politics Parliament has unanimously approved the membership of the Business and the Appointments committees. The committees were composed based on the approved ratio of 138:137 for the Majority and the Minority caucuses, respectively. Per the approval, the Business Committee, which will comprise 20 members, will have 10 members for each caucus, while the 26-member Appointments Committee will also have 13 members for each caucus....

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