It was the second time that Ghanaians and indeed the rest of the world were treated to the undignified spectacle of a chaotic House of Parliament. That the nauseating scenario cast a long shadow on the quality of the legislature in today’s Ghana is not difficult to settle on.
The quality of the House began its downward spiral when a similar spectacle was enacted earlier and now this. If the first was attributed to the exuberance of newcomers to the House coupled with the ill-will of the NDC, this one too followed a similar path intended to showcase the unruliness of the opposition party and how they can have their way if so desire.
The good people of this country are disgusted that our MPs would subject them to this undignified performance.
We cannot disagree with a remark by an incensed citizen who asked whether this House can summon somebody to the Privileges Committee for remarks or actions which cast the House in bad light.
With this appalling conduct, they would have to think twice before demanding deference from Ghanaians. So despicable!
And to think that children who look up to this otherwise respectable arm of government for role modeling are disappointed makes us want to shed tears.
That this has happened for the second time suggests that chaos is now a permanent feature of the House of Parliament.
The Speaker of Parliament should in our estimation be held responsible for what was rendered in the House last Monday night.
It was doubtlessly a rehearsed performance, last Monday being the D-Day for the display of what had been practiced over several weeks.
Born in the chaos called a revolution during the AFRC and later PNDC days, it should not surprise anybody that the NDC is still spotting the features of the bedlam which characterised its origin.
With such conduct from the other side of the political aisle, nothing good should be expected from the NDC, especially their representation in Parliament.
With a mission to stall the machinery of government and make the country ungovernable, we are at a loss as to how to describe the leading opposition in the country.
We are at pains to pin down the Speaker for the ragged state of Parliament as it is constituted today. Having set the stage for all the nasty spectacles in the House his remarks and body language being cases in point, he cannot extricate himself from it all.
Our Parliament is listing and requires salvaging before it is too late. Never has the poor conduct of Parliament been so much a talk of town like we experienced a few days ago.
We demand as Ghanaians an unqualified apology from the House of Parliament. This should be coupled with a special arrangement to cleanse the House of the scum it has gathered since its conduct began the worrisome downward spiral.