New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament Tuesday morning marched out of the chamber of the house following the occupation of their seats by National Democratic Congress MPs.
According to Afenyo-Markin, they have chosen the path of peace, rather than taking on their opponents to engender chaos, insisting that Ghana is a peaceful country and should be maintained as such.
“Mr Speaker has been part of our democracy since 1992. He is a senior lawyer, he has practised in our courts and I believe that even if Mr. Speaker disagrees with the Supreme Court, he knows what to do. Suffice to state at the risk of being repetitive, that we were not disrespectful of the chair when Mr. Speaker made his pronouncement and the Majority Caucus disagreed with Mr. Speaker. We didn’t cause commotion here. We left quietly and told Mr. Speaker that the right place to express those grievance(s) will be at the court .So we expect our brothers and sisters on the NDC minority side to do the needful. But all will be for Mr. Speaker to make a final determination. The nation is looking up to Mr. Speaker, all his years in politics, this is a crucial moment for him to add weight to what we have done to preserve the peace.
“NPP is for peace, NPP is for peace, NPP is for peace of Ghana. We will not allow anybody to disturb the peace of the country. It is a notorious fact that we remain the Majority Caucus of this Parliament. You the media must add your voice to the advocacy to compel our colleagues to respect the fidelity of the law.”
The scenes playing out in parliament have been anticipated, following last week’s confusion that trailed Speaker’s declaration of four seats as vacant and the subsequent stay of execution of the declaration by the Supreme Court.