Builsa South Lawmaker Dr Clement Apaak has said that the Minority in Parliament would support the Free Senior High School Bill if it is presented to Parliament.
He says this will bring to an end speculation that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) intends to cancel the policy if it forms the next government.
Speaking on the News Central onTV3 Wednesday, June 11, the member of the education committee of Parliament said “We will support the bill and get it passed into law, if that is what is going to give assurance to every Ghanaian that NDC has no intention today, tomorrow or future to cancel the policy.”
The Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Marki justified the introduction of the bill that is set to be presented to Parliament by the government.
He says that when the bill is presented and approved by Parliament, any government that attempts to stop the implementation would be sued by citizens.
The government is introducing the bill as part of moves to regulate and sustain the free senior high school policy.
This also comes in the wake of fears of a possible cancellation of the policy by future governments.
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Afenyo-Markin told journalists in Parliament on Tuesday, June 10 “If we consider what that means it becomes mandatory for governments to implement. Unless it is amended no government can come and say that it is not implementing.
“If you fail to continue to implement it a citizens can go to court on it.”
“In other words, there are provisions in the constitution that you cannot enforce, you cannot claim the right to those provisions. The fact that they are there does not mean that you can apply to the court to enforce those rights, they are aspirational,” he said.
