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Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives, has urged Parliament to shoulder part of the responsibility and accountability for the failure to hold the executive branch of government accountable for carrying out its duties.
He contends that Parliament must take responsibility for the excessive borrowing by the government.
Inquiring as to how we arrived, he stated that it was the duty of Parliament to curb the government’s excessive borrowing.
“Parliament’s role as the defender of the people’s interests is lost,” he said.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, he admitted it at a roundtable discussion on maximizing the benefits of democracy over the previous 30 years that the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs had organized with the core leadership of Parliament.
Democratic dividends are the advantages a democratic government may offer the community.
These advantages include the provision of public goods and a formalized system for assisting the populace in the performance of governmental obligations.
“Parliament and the harnessing of democratic dividends: Assignment” was the theme of debate.
Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), and Dr. Maame Adwoa Gyeke-Jandoh, the former Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, Legon, were among the experts that attended.
The Minority Leader acknowledged that because of fervent partisanship, Parliament was never successful in carrying out its supervision.
He claimed that the House struggled to weigh the interests of political parties and the national interest.
The effects of excessive borrowing, according to Mr. Iddrisu, are being felt by “all of us.”
He contended that Parliament had the only authority to approve the terms and conditions of all loans under Article 181 of the Constitution.
“So if the Minister of Finance’s borrowing has exceeded 100 percent of GDP, how did we get here?” He queried.
He implied that Parliament had become into a “clearing house,” confirming Executive members’ nominations without carefully considering them or informing them directly “that their behaviour is not good enough.”
He emphasized that “the Parliament of Ghana is contributing to the erosion of public faith and confidence in our democracy by actions of conduct or omission.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
