Samuel Nartey George ,Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram constituency in the Greater Accra Region,has stated that the leadership of Parliament should be blamed for the unending attacks on Members of Parliament (MPs).
According to him, the leadership of the House has failed to demand protection for MPs.
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“We think that the Ghanaian people whose voice and aspirations are made known through the Members of Parliament should foot the bill for the protection of the Executive yet those who represent the Ghanaian people should not and cannot be given protection when our work puts us against the might of the State and private interests.”
“The cost to the taxpayer when an MP dies is huge; by the state conducting a bye-election and the cost to political parties…I believe that Parliament itself is to blame for this problem from the Speaker of Parliament to the Majority Leader to the Minority Leader because Parliament has failed to do what is right. We have it within our mandate and our power to ensure that MPs are protected, but we failed,” he said on Citi FM’s big issue.
