Published on 16th October 2024
By Saibu Terry
Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, has strongly criticized Haruna Iddrisu’s motion in Parliament to remove four MPs contesting as independent candidates in the upcoming December 2024 elections.
Mubarak finds the motion irrelevant to the pressing concerns facing Ghana, particularly the need for a free and fair election
He argues that Parliament should prioritize holding the Electoral Commission accountable instead of focusing on MPs who won’t impact the electoral outcome significantly.
Mubarak highlights the country’s urgent issues, such as road accidents, illegal mining, and environmental degradation, which he feels have been neglected
The former MP also questions why the motion doesn’t target larger issues like impeaching President Akufo-Addo for governance failures or addressing the bias of the Electoral Commission. In his view, the NDC should be focused on regaining political power in a challenging election rather than pursuing motions with little political gain
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Haruna Iddrisu’s Motion A Waste of Everyone’s Time.
A decision on a motion in Parliament by the former Minority Leader to remove some four MPs who are contesting as independent candidates in the December 2024 Parliamentary election was deferred by the Speaker of Parliament.
While we await the decision of the Speaker, I must say the motion was a bizarre and shocking frolic that completely ignores the most pressing issues in the country.
Members of Parliament who spoke in support of the motion completely ignored one of the issues high up on the minds of Ghanaians yearning for a credible election in December – how to reign in the intransigent Electoral Commissioner and getting her to produce nothing but a free and fair election on 7th December.
That should be the priority of every elected Member, especially those in opposition. What is the electoral fortune of the motion?
With almost seven weeks to the December election, how does removing four rogue MPs revolve the issue of the Electoral Commissioner’s adamant posturing?
It doesn’t in any significant way clip the wings of President Akufo Addo, who should have been impeached by now.
We have had almost 1,500 Ghanaians die in road accidents In the first quarter of 2024 alone according to public records. The country had recorded nearly 10,000 injuries from road accidents within the first six months of this year.
It is a major disaster that requires serious and urgent action by all stakeholders, including Parliament, which ought to enact the necessary legislation to stem the tide, and appropriate the necessary funds to deal with the crisis.
There’s also the wanton destruction of our water bodies, forest reserves and a plastic pollution crisis, plus President Akufo Addo’s government running the economy aground.
And the first act by the Minority is not a motion to impeach the President for his colossal failure to tackle the illegal mining crisis, nor a bill to prosecute parents like Bishop Salifu Amoako, whose minor children commit high crimes.
Practicality and common sense dictates that the NDC and its MPs must be focused on reining in the Electoral Commissioner, whose posturing and impunity is very worrying.
At the time of writing this article, we are 52 days away from the December 7 election. There would be no by-election even if the
