MPs should boycott useless Parliamentary Committees
Friday, August 28, 2015
Standing Committees which are created for the life of a Parliament, Sessional Select Committees which stand dissolved at the end of each and every Parliamentary session, Special Select Committees which are constituted when the need arises to deal with a matter deemed to be requiring special attention by the National Assembly and Portfolio Committees which are created for the life of a Parliament with a special sectoral mandate.
There are currently eleven Standing Committees; Committee of Selection, Business Advisory Committee, Committee of the National Assembly Staff, Committee on Members' Rights, Interest and Privileges, Standing Orders and Reforms Committee, Parliamentary Caucus on Women, Public Accounts Committee, Finance and Estimates Committee, Committee of Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees, Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises and Committee on Subsidiary Legislation.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...