Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Suame constituency in the Ashanti Region, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has officially resigned as the leader of the majority caucus in Parliament.
He stepped down during a meeting of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament and the Executive, including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, according to party deep sources.
As tMr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is leaving the post he had held for over six years, his deputy and MP for Efutu in the Central Region, Alexander Afenyo-Markin is expected to replace him as the Deputy Majority Leader.
This comes at the heels of brief tussles between the caucus and the executive after it emerged that there were moves to reshuffle the leadership of the majority caucus with just 10 months to go into the country’s 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The tussles drew protests from First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei-Owusu and others, who had vowed to resist any changes in their ranks dictated by the party. He stated at a hurriedly organised press conference that they were satisfied with the work of the current leadership led by Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
It equally drew comments from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, who insisted that the parties with representation in Parliament have a big say in appointing the leadership of their caucuses.
“If as a new House, you barely even know each other, and then you are asked to go and appoint your leader without your party, how will you do it? According to Joy FM, an Accra-based radio station reports.
“A party that has given you the platform to come to this House. You come on the party’s ticket and to appoint your leader, the party must lead that process. I don’t know how you can do it without the party, “ he insisted.
Meanwhile, the under-pressure National Council of the NPP is set to be briefed on the development on Friday when it meets, media reports said.
