GRi in Parliament Ghana 03 - 01 - 2001
Second Parliament
to end life soon
Second Parliament
to end life soon
Accra (Greater Accra) 03 January
2001
The Second Parliament of the
Fourth Republic began the final countdown to end its life on Tuesday as losers and
victors shared jokes and pleasantries.
Before proceedings began to usher
in the last week, leading members of the NDC hugged their NPP colleagues,
teasing each other on their misfortunes and "naivety" in leading the
country respectively.
The NDC lost 40 seats, thus
scaling down their strength to 92 with the NPP, which has only a week to spend
on the minority bench, swelled their number from 61 to 99.
The Convention People's Party
(CPP) retained only one seat with the PNC making a decent jump from one to
three, while four independent members won places in the next Parliament.
Members will largely bother
themselves with the transitional process and their end of service packages
during this week.
It is expected that the next
Parliament will be more vibrant as the shift in the power scale will not make
any party too strong to have its way on the floor of the house.
The next Parliament will be
inaugurated on January 7, 2001.
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