Hon Alhassan Suhiyini, Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, has revealed that the changes in the Minority’s front bench in parliament was borne out of greed and selfishness.
According to him, the changes were done out of no consultative process with key stakeholders of the opposition party, emphasizing that “Clearly that is not what has happened, no matter how well intentioned it may be.”
“Like life, death and taxes, change is the other constant. Therefore I am not against constructive changes borne out of an exhaustive consultative process involving key stakeholders of the party to our front bench as a minority group.
“Worse of all, whoever is advising the strategy of the proposed new leaders, is feeding into a normal human extreme greed and selfishness, perhaps because the person is unable to untame theirs too.”
Hon Suhiyini
According to the lawmaker, “Given the composition of our caucus as against our opponents and the expectations of what we can achieve together and the reality of what we cannot, even if we are together, it will take extreme greed and selfishness to want to lead this NDC caucus at ALL COSTS at this time, without a toss about long term consequences on the caucus and party.”
The Member of Parliament said that; “I wonder why it seems people think they can intimidate the entire caucus into submitting to an authority we consider inappropriately constituted. Some may, but not majority of us and it’s not personal, it’s conviction, it is principled.”
Meanwhile, the newly appointed Minority leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed appreciation to the leadership of the NDC for appointing him to lead the minority caucus in parliament.
Addressing a section of his colleagues in parliament, the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam MP disclosed that he is humbled by his elevation in the House.
“I am honoured and humbled to have been chosen to lead our illustrious and gallant caucus in Parliament. I thank the leadership of our party who have placed their trust and confidence in me. I am also deeply grateful to colleagues, the rank and file of our party and the Ghanaian people for their profound support and solidarity”.
DR. Forson
According to him, he had some discussions with the outgoing Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and has commended him for his admirable stewardship. “I have held fruitful and positive conversations with my senior brother Hon. Haruna Iddrisu. I commend him for his admirable stewardship when he was granted the opportunity by our party’s leadership,” Dr. Forson noted.
NDC Leaders Will Iron Out Issues With Minority on January 31
Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson also revealed that leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will engage members of the minority caucus on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, to address outstanding grievances of the group.
There has been a division among members of the the NDC, following the reshuffle of its leadership by the national executives of the party.
However, speaking to journalists after a meeting with leadership of the NDC, the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, assured of a collaboration with the former leaders of the caucus to deliver on their mandate in Parliament.
“We have just come out of a very successful meeting with the leadership of the party. We are going to deliver on our mandate. And as has been agreed with the leadership of the party, there will be series of activities that will be undertaken beginning from today. We will have our maiden meeting with our leadership and the party leadership on Tuesday.”
Dr Forson
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