The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, has accused his opposite number, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, and his colleagues in the Minority Caucus of being hypocritical.
He revealed that under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Majority-led Parliament, about 30 bills were passed under a certificate of urgency between 2017 to 2021 and 26 other bills were also passed under same circumstances between 2021 to 2024.
“It is sad that Afenyo-Markin has brought leadership of a caucus to such low levels, ” Mahama Ayariga reiterated.
“Most bills that tend to be passed under a certificate of urgency are non-controversial and have often been withdrawn and extensively worked on and then get reintroduced under a certificate of urgency.
“Others tend to be expedited to meet timelines informed by our commitments under some international agreements or programmes,” he said.
The Majority emphasized that the Minority MPs always have an opportunity to propose amendments to bills being taken under certificate of urgency.
“Taking a bill under a certificate of urgency does not amount to wrong doing in the passage of a bill,” Mr Ayariga stated.
At a press conference on Monday, January 26, the Minority NPP caucus accused the Majority NDC Caucus of pushing many bills through Parliament under a certificate of urgency, further stressing the NDC abused their numbers.