Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG) Dr. Kwame Asah Asante, has revealed that the change in leadership for the Minority caucus in Parliament was forced by troubling concerns in the chamber.
The New Democratic Congress NDC on Tuesday 24th January, 2023, made some reshuffle to its leadership in Parliament.
Giving his remarks on the Shakeup made by the party on Starr News with Naa Dedei Tettey, the Political Science Lecturer said: “political parties undertake such exercises in order to win power and form the next government. So, any rule that they will make in order to wrestle power from whoever is holding political power they will do it. So, for me, it doesn’t come to me as a surprise at all.”
According to Dr. Asante, he believes the reshuffling was as a result of some happenings within the party.
Although he failed to state clearly the reason to the reshuffling, he said: “It’s gradually appearing to me that there is something that is going on in Parliament that the leadership of the party is not happy of, for which reason they want to make this change and the time that they are meeting is more significan. More often than not, you tend to see such changes when Parliament is about to start a sitting. But now that they are in recess and this thing comes in then you realize that there is something that is pushing them into doing that.”
The NDC party appointed Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the former Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiamas as the new Minority Leader. He replaces Hon. Haruna Iddrisu.
Dr. Ato Forson is to be assisted by MP for Ellembele, Kofi Armah Buah who has been appointed as the Deputy Minority Leader.
The NDC party has also appointed Adaklu MP, Governs Kwame Agbodza as the new Minority Chief Whip. He replaced Asawase MP, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak.
Both Ahmed Ibrahim and Comfort Doyoe Ghansah maintained their position as deputy Minority Whips.