Constantly ousting experienced MPs not good for our democracy – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said he is “worried” about the New Patriotic Party, the Parliament of Ghana, and the country’s democracy due to the exit of many experienced MPs from the legislature.

“The longer a person stays in parliament, the better the performance of that person”, the Suame MP who voluntarily opted out of this year’s race, told state-own GTV.

He argued that longevity in parliament is good for an MP, his or her party, parliament and Ghana’s democracy.

“Which is why what is happening certainly cannot be good”, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu decried, in reference to the defeat of 28 NPP MPs in the governing party’s parliamentary primaries and 16 in the main opposition National Democratic Congress’ primaries.

“And I think that the parties, especially NPP and NDC, need to do some serious introspection about what is going on – this constant peeling of MPs,” he said.

Apart from Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, 17 other incumbent NPP MPs also voluntarily opted out of the contest.