The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has characterised the actions of Minority MPs in Parliament over the Kpandai parliamentary seat dispute as a demonstration of democracy in action.
On Tuesday, December 9, Minority MPs staged a day-long protest in Parliament to voice their strong disapproval of the declaration that the Kpandai seat was vacant. Their demonstration disrupted parliamentary business and blocked Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga until the evening, with Parliament forced into two suspensions during the heated standoff.
The Minority continued their protest even after Speaker Alban Bagbin deferred ruling on the matter and government business resumed.
Discussing the events, Ahiagbah said, “The conduct of the Minority is democratic. That is the look and feel of democracy. To describe it otherwise would be to characterise something other than democracy. But what they are doing there is democracy, and people in a democracy ought to do that when they feel that people are using other means to end the fundamental basis of democracy, which is election.”
Ahiagbah’s remarks highlight the NPP’s perspective that protest and dissent, even when disruptive, are integral to a functioning democratic system.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
