Minority Leader speaks on corruption at 4th Liberty Lecture

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu will Tuesday evening deliver a paper on “The Deficit in Parliamentary Scrutiny in the Fight Against Corruption” at the 4th edition of Danquah Institute’s Liberty Lecture series.

The lecture, open to the public, takes place at the Auditorium of the British Council at 5:00pm, a statement by the organisers said. 

“The norm in recent years has been that Parliament, generally speaking, does as the Executive determines. It is simply a case of who has the numbers and the application of party discipline. 

“Unless Parliament themselves take action to address the matter, this trend of Executive domination will continue. Notwithstanding the fact that this situation will not readily be changed in the immediate future, there are, nonetheless, some avenues available to enhance the ability of Parliament to be more effective in discharging its constitutional responsibilities,” the statement said. 

Given that background, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is expected to make proposals on how Parliament can serve as an effective check on the Executive, especially in dealing with corruption.