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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Kumasi \u2014 National House of Chiefs (NHC) has condemned the unfortunate conduct of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who turned the floor of parliament into a boxing arena.<\/p>\n

The NHC wondered why of late parliamentarians had decided to exchange blows on the floor of the House when they could jaw-jaw over issues of importance to the nation.<\/p>\n

At a meeting of the House yesterday, the President, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, noted “the recent decision by parliamentarians to exchange blows on the floor of parliament is just unfortunate.”<\/p>\n

“This does not affect them, but it affects Nananom and the good people of Ghana,” he stated.It is recalled that, some MPs on Monday night were engaged in a fisticuff following a disagreement during the voting on government’s E-Levy bill.<\/p>\n

The fight ensued when the MPs were voting in a headcount to decide whether the E-Levy bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency.<\/p>\n

The Minority had attempted to stop the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, who was presiding over the House from leaving his seat and participating in the voting process.<\/p>\n

That infuriated the Majority MPs who met them at the Speaker’s table to challenge the NDC MPs.<\/p>\n

But, the President, the Paramount Chief of Sefwi Anhwiaso, said “we believe they are responsible people, and that is why we call them “Honourables,” so they should always jaw-jaw instead of turning the floor of the house into a boxing arena.”<\/p>\n

He urged the Parliamentarians on both sides of the house to “resort to dialogue and engagements on broad national interest to arrive at a consensus.”<\/p>\n

According to the President, the numerical strength in the eighth parliament “is an indication that Ghanaians want our legislators to work together.”<\/p>\n

He expressed Nananom’s sympathy with the chiefs and people of the Volta Region, especially to the people of Keta and Anlo as their areas recently suffered a strong natural devastation of tidal waves from the sea that destroyed properties worth millions of Ghana Cedis.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has also described as unacceptable the conduct of Members of Parliament (MPs) in recent times, particularly last Monday, December 20.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Tuesday, by Rt. Rev. Prof. JOY Mante, Chairman of the Council, he said the brawl in the House on Monday “is a negation of Ghana’s democratic gains over the past 30 years”.<\/p>\n

“What happened on Monday on the floor of Parliament is unacceptable, to say the least, and we condemn such behaviour.”<\/p>\n

“We respectfully remind Parliamentarians that debates in Parliament must remain a platform for the exchange of ideas and not an opportunity for confusion and hostility.”<\/p>\n

It was a chaotic scene as members of the two caucuses – Majority and Minority – exchanged fisticuffs on the floor of the House in full glare of the cameras.<\/p>\n

The Minority members were not happy the presiding speaker, First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu, had stated his intention to cast a vote in a decision to consider the Electronic Transfer Levy Bill on a certificate of urgency.<\/p>\n

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