Minority Members of Parliament were on Monday spotted with black and red attires with plasters on their mouths as parliament resumed after a break for the 2020 general election.
The minority claimed their action is relative to mourning what they said was the death of democracy in the country and also to mourn the death of 5 Ghanaians who lost their lives during the presidential and parliamentary elections.
The largest opposition party NDC earlier refused to accept the outcome of the December 7 polls claiming the electoral commission stole the election in favor of the NPP. These have been followed by widespread demonstrations across the country in protest of the election results.
Minority spokesperson on Foreign affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in an interview with joy news insisted the NDC won the majority of the parliamentary seats in the December 7 elections with 138 seats hence their action in parliament.
The majority however dismissed the claims saying they won the majority with 137 seats and are confident that they will take the Sene West seat in addition.
Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has disclosed that his side of the house has started engaging with the Fomena MP who won his re-election as an independent candidate.
In addition to the attire and the plastered mouths, the minority MP’s also sang portions of the national anthem which states “and help us to resist oppressors’ rule with all our will and might for evermore”.
According to Minority Chief Chip and MP for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak the “plaster on my lips was to express my disappointment about the rising cost of living in the country and silently to protest against fuel price increases, the increasing incidents of insecurity in the country and to let the people of Ghana know that we are unhappy about what is also happening in the country”.
