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Lawyer Kwaku Y Painstil, A constitutional lawyer has slammed the minority group of parliament in their continuous absence from parliament over what they described as solidarity for their members of parliament who are facing trials in the judicial court in recent times.
The NDC members of parliament recently protested against the criminal trial of the embattled Assin North Member of Parliament, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson, and revealed their readiness to boycott parliamentary business to sympathize with their colleague whenever he goes to court for the hearing.
Speaking to Lawyer Kwaku Painstil in an interview on CAN radio, he indicated that the Minority group of parliament is overacting in their quest to sympathize with their own Gyakye Quayson.
He added that the way and manner our politicians and other well-established persons react to law-related issues when they are brought before the laws of the country is abysmal and must be critically looked at to strengthen the judicial system stressing that they want to set a standard for themselves that demonstrates their intended superiority over the laws and the constitutional provisions in Ghana which according to him shouldn’t be the case because all persons in the country, no matter their ranks and status are not above the laws of the land and so the minority group must act per the constitutional provisions and allow the laws to take it course against Gyaakye Quayson and their other members who are facing trials in the law court.
Lawyer Kwaku Y Painstill added that the continuous boycott of parliamentary business by the minority group is a clear indication of putting pressure on the Attorney General to discontinue the case against the Assin North MP which he said is subjected to contempt of court.
He said the hearing of the criminal case against Gyaakye Quayson would not exceed one month if the NDC members of parliament had allowed a fair hearing and due process to take its course because the continuous hearing of the case doesn’t entirely prevent the embattled member of parliament from parliamentary business.
He said the decision of the minority MPs to boycott parliamentary business because of their members facing trials demonstrate their intention to compel the Attorney General to discontinue the case which he described as a disgrace and national shame and tantamount to contempt of court.
Story By: Kwaku Mensah Abrampa (CAN Radio – Offinso North)