- "When there was a disagreement in Parliament over the budget, I was hoping the women in Parliament would've been more vocal."
The 2020 flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Brigitte Dzogbenuku, has expressed disappointment over what she described as the seeming silence of female MPs over the 2022 Budget Statement impasse in Parliament.
The current Parliament is split down the middle between the two main political parties, posing the risk of gridlock on Ghana’s problems, especially over passage of the 2022 Budget Statement.
Speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (17 December), Dzogbenuku said female MPs must make their voices heard on the recent development in Parliament because of the crucial role they play in development.
“When there was a disagreement in Parliament over the budget, I was hoping the women in Parliament would’ve been more vocal,” she said.
“We are not just asking for women leadership because we are women; more than half of our population is made up of women, so if we keep them out then we cut off our noses to spite our faces. We need to project women’s leadership and the capability of women to lead.”
Akufo-Addo and Mahama must confer
The economist and liberal political stalwart Kwame Pianim has suggested that President Nana Akufo-Addo and his predecessor John Mahama must meet to address the crisis in Parliament.
Pianim said the two statesmen must dialogue to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
“It is a misfortune for Ghana that the president doesn’t have the parliament to implement his agenda. This is his last term. But, as the Chinese say, ‘Every crisis presents an opportunity,’ so you don’t let it go to waste.
“I had expected the president and then former president [John] Mahama to sit down quietly and say, ‘How do we make this thing work?’ Don’t leave it to Parliament to do,” Pianim told the host of The Asaase Breakfast Show, Kwaku Nhyira-Addo.
Fred Dzakpata
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