Dr Apaak criticizes second swearing-in of Speaker as President

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr Clement Apaak, is not enthused about what he calls the impromptu summoning of parliament to swear in the Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye to act as president in less than a week.

Speaking after the announcement in parliament on Friday January 26, 2018, Dr Apaak complained that the process prescribed by law were inconveniencing several MPs.

“As I speak to you, myself and many of my colleagues have engagements and activities in our constituencies and we are to leave, and yet we are expected to come back to the House at 8:30 am to swear in the Speaker as President. I don’t think it is sustainable.”

The MP said the government needs to provide some clarity on the matter to legislators.

“… So it is entirely the responsibility of the government of the day to come clean so that we can understand the conditions that would warrant us to make the kinds of sacrifices that we are expected to make. As it is now, we don’t understand the full story and a lot of us don’t feel that it is justified to always come in at the neck of time, as they did today, for us to come in tomorrow and swear in the Speaker as the acting President,” Dr. Apaak added.