Legal practitioner and long-serving Member of Parliament (MP) for the Zebilla Constituency in the Upper East Region, Cletus Avoka, is disappointed that Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu has resigned as majority leader, saying that his resignation is a great loss and disservice to Parliament and Ghana as a whole.
Mr Avoka, who has worked with Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu for many years in Parliament, praised Osei-Kyei Mensa Bonsu for his dedication and expertise as a legislator who contributed immensely to the passage of landmark bills in Parliament.
He recalled how Osei-Kyei Mensa Bonsu, though not a lawyer, was entrusted with the responsibility that required a keen understanding and a keen knowledge of the law.
“I am hugely disappointed to hear the resignation of my very good friend and colleague, the Majority Leader, Hon. Osei-Kyei Mensa Bonsu. I am hugely disappointed. And I know this will be a great disservice to the Parliament of Ghana and Ghana as a whole…I think that it is a great loss to Parliament and to mother Ghana,” he said in an interview with TV 3 Ghana.
News that Osei-Kyei Mensa Bonsu had tendered his resignation as majority leader broke earlier after rumors of a potential shake-up in the majority caucus which was finally confirmed on Friday.
His resignation has been met with mixed reactions given his enormous experience as a legislator and leader in Parliament.
He became Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame on January 7, 1997, and has remained in Parliament ever since.
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