Speaker Bagbin has raised concerns about the exit of experienced Members of Parliament from the House.
Several senior lawmakers including Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu and also Cletus Avoka decided not to seek re-election.
Others including Sagnirigu MP, ABA Fuseini and Bongo lawmaker Edward Bawa lost their bid to be parliamentary candidates again.
Making a comment in Parliament on Tuesday, February 6, Speaker Bagbin said “Honourable members, we woke up one Saturday, and by the evening, we had lost 28 MPs through the primaries of the NPP. Earlier last year, we lost 17 MPs through the primaries of the NDC.
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“Honourable members, the primaries are part of the process for the electorates to determine who represents them in parliament. But the case of voluntary discontinuance of five and 19, followed by deselection of 17 and 28, is not a good signal for the legislature and for Ghana’s democratic development. Experience, as we all know, counts in this House, but the endorsement of your party is equally important.”
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He added “Honourable members, the haemorrhage and cost to the nation, however, are matters of great concern worth considering by all stakeholders, and I want to appeal to the political parties to take this up seriously, because the investment that is made in an individual MP is so huge for the nation just to go to waste after every four years.”