Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga is dragging the entire Minority side in Parliament before the Privileges Committee. This is after Minority MPs flashed the inscription, 'stealers', on the floor of the House moments before staging a walkout when President John Mahama delivered the State of the Nation address. In an interview with Citi News, Mr. Agalga stated that the actions by the Minority MPs, “smacks of contempt of the very House they belong to.” He indicated that he had written to the Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Doe Adjaho “under Order 31 and to invite the Speaker to look into the matter, refer it to the Privileges Committee for the Minority in Parliament to be questioned and probed and then the appropriate sanctions imposed on them.” Mr. Agalga expressed the hope that “justice will be done. I expect the standing orders of the House which regulates business in the House to be complied with strictly.” According to him, it does not matter that he is taking on the entire Minority side of Parliament noting that, “if they fall foul of the law, they are equal before the law and they must be dealt with. I don’t think I am taking things too far; it is the law that I am trying to enforce.” Below is a copy of the letter, as submitted by the Hon. Agalga The Rt. Hon Speaker of Parliament Complaint to Rt Hon Speaker of Contemptuous Conduct of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament in Parliament during the State of the Nation Address on Thursday 21st February, 2013 Complaint made Pursuant to Order 30(2) of Standing Orders of Parliament I, …….., make a complaint, pursuant to Order 31 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) minority Members of Parliament conducted themselves contemptuously during the State of the Nation Address of President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday 21st February, 2013 and should be referred to the Committee of Privilege of Parliament for contemptuous conduct under order 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament. Facts upon which complaint is made When the elected President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, was entering Parliament House on Thursday 21st February, 2013 to deliver the State of the Nation Address pursuant to article 67 of the Constitution of Ghana 1992 the NPP MPs, in the full glare of the public and the international diplomatic community and whilst proceedings in the House was broadcast live on various television and radio channels, led by the Minority Leader Honourable Osei Kye-Mensah-Bonsu walked out of the chamber of the house. Whilst walking out collectively without notice to the House of any intention to boycott the State of the Nation Address under article 67 of the Constitution, they displayed placards or such written inscriptions on pieces of papers obviously describing the majority National Democratic Congress (NDC) and People National Convention (PNC) members of parliament in such politically known derogatory term as "stealers" and shouting "stealers" repeatedly which expression is appreciated in Ghanaian political parlance to mean "thieves". Conduct Amounted to Contempt of Parliament under Order 30(2) of Standing Orders of Parliament This conduct of the NPP minority members in walking out contemptuously without notice to the House and whilst the President was entering the House pursuant to a constitutional injunction by article 67 that the President delivers to Parliament a message on the state of the nation, and in displaying the inscriptions "stealers" on placards and shouting the word "stealers" in the chamber of the House in a manner clearly referring to the majority National Democratic Congress (NDC) and People National Convention (PNC) Members of Parliament in full public view and in the presence of the diplomatic community has brought the image of the Parliament of Ghana into ridicule and disrepute within the meaning of order 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.