Juaboso MP Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has said he never consented to a colleague in Parliament, Ursula Owusu, sitting on his lap.
This incident
took place amidst confusion in the Parliamentary Chamber during the early hours
Thursday at the dissolution of the 7th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.
There was
chaos in the House after MPs from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) side
occupied the seats meant for their majority colleagues.
So when the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) MPs walked in, they moved to the minority section.
Explaining the scenario to
JoyNews’ Winston Amoah and Evans Mensah, Mr Akandoh said MP for Ablekuma West,
Ursula Owusu refused to sit with her party and moved to the other side.
“We sat at the majority side, the right hand side of where the speaker sits.
So when they came in, all of
them moved to the minority, the left side and sat down. Ursula refused to
go to that side,” he said.
He further explained that when Mrs Owusu got up from
the seat to go to the bathroom, he went to occupy that seat.
“…And when she came back, she sat on my lap. She just sat on my lap. I didn’t want to touch her.”
He said his wife has not
commented on the incident yet stressing he was not at fault for the incident.
“She sat on my lap. I didn’t sit
on her lap. My wife should be complaining and not her husband.”
He added that he didn’t want to
touch her to avoid “meeting her with a little force.”
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