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Parliament was for the third time forced to adjourn its proceedings without considering crucial business on the order paper including key government business.
The forced adjournment follows another Minority caucus boycott of the House on Friday, July 14 to follow the Assin North MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson to court.
The Minority says their boycott is to show solidarity with their colleague Mr Quayson who's facing a criminal trial.
But a member of the Majority side has accused the NDC MPs of sabotaging Parliament.
According to the MP for Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Kingsley Nyarko, he does not believe that all the Minority MPs who boycott the House actually followed Mr Quayson to court.
“I don't even believe that all of them are at the court as we speak. Some might be in their offices. This is a complete sabotage of the House. A delegation can be sent to be with their colleague over there,” he stressed.
He said the Minority MPs' boycott is unacceptable, saying they are just trying to disrupt the government business of the House.
He, however, urged the Speaker to continue with parliamentary proceedings.
The Kwadaso MP's comment followed that of his colleague NPP MP for Okaikwei Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Patrick Yaw Boamah, who argued that the House should adjourn sitting.
But Prof Nyarko contended and said "I vehemently, respectfully disagree with him on the adjournment of the House. Because if we do that, it is going to give our friends on the other side the catalyst, the oxygen to breathe, and they will hide under that, to perpetuate their own decided action that, in my respective opinion, does not inure to the benefit of their constituents."
He continued that "Our colleagues are supposed to be here to pursue the agenda and the interest of their constituents. Nobody bars them or prevents them from solidarising with their colleagues. But I think that in this instance, a delegation could do," Prof Nyarko said.
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