By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The New Patriotic Party members (Minority Caucus) in Ghana’s 9th Parliament have vowed to prevent the leadership of the Majority Caucus (National Democratic Congress (NDC) from rushing bills through the House to be passed without proper scrutiny and fulfillment of all laid down rules in 2026.
According to the Minority Caucus, led by its leader, Mr. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, many bills/ legislation were rushed through in 2025 and got passed under a certificate of urgency.
Addressing a cross section of the media at the Minority Caucus’s “Holding Government to Account” press conference held at Parliament, Accra, the Minority Leader, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency in the Central region, accused the Majority of abusing the certificate of urgency procedure to rush bills through Parliament without adequate scrutiny.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin made a solemn vow that going forward, the Minority Caucus will assert its oversight responsibility to ensure that proposed laws are thoroughly examined in the interest of Ghanaians.
He warned that the Minority will no longer allow Parliament to be reduced to what he described as a “rubber-stamp” institution.
“We promise the people of Ghana that when Parliament reconvenes on February 3, 2026, we are not going to allow the Majority to have their way anymore. The Majority has turned Parliament into a parliament of fast-track and no scrutiny, a rubber-stamp parliament where everything comes under a certificate of urgency.
They should be ready to beat us in the chamber. We will resist with all the energy in us. No more certificate of urgency,” he warned.
