Majority Leader in Parliament Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has criticised the new national executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over its offensive control of members of the minority caucus.
According to him, the national leadership of the main opposition party has been autocratic and has virtually turned the NDC lawmakers into robots who must always obey the commands of their domineering leaders.
Speaking on Kumasi-based Fox FM on Friday, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who is also the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and MP for Suame entreated NDC national executives to learn from their counterparts in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He indicated that unlike the NDC, the national executives of the NPP always consults the party’s leadership in parliament and their MPs when making decisions on issues that come before the House.
“The NDC has now made their party like a communist party, where the party makes a decision on issues that goes to parliament and it is final, whether it is in the interest of the nation or not. This is how they want to run their party which is most unfortunate.
“They have reduced their MPs into zombies. Once the party decides that is it. This is totally wrong,” the Majority Leader stated in Twi.
Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said it was not surprising that NDC MPs like the MP for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, have now started rebelling against their national leaders.
Alhassan Suhuyini, blasted the national leadership of the NDC, accusing them of sleeping on their real responsibilities.
A visibly angry Suhuyini, whiles speaking on Accra-based Pan African TV, said the current situation where the leadership are seeking to coach MPs in parliament was totally wrong and inimical.
He is of the view that the national executives should be managing core party business along with its leadership in Parliament.
“This is something I have said at the risk of being ostracised from the party. Party leaders are not chosen to manage Parliament. They are not chosen to be coaches of Parliament. They are chosen to run the party alongside Parliament.
“So, when they have a debate in Parliament and the parliamentarians win that debate, you expect the national organizers, the women’s organizers, the chairmen and the secretary to be massing people up on the street.
“To complement what Parliament is doing, but when what we have is executives sitting on the bench coaching Parliament, that will not take us to victory. Our party leaders must begin to wake up and understand that the 2024 elections will not be won in Parliament. It will not be won by the work of any parliamentarian,” Mr. Suhuyini stressed.
