Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin got into a heated exchange with the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, after Ahiafor interrupted him while he was speaking on the floor of the House.

Afenyo-Markin was making his submission and accusing the National Democratic Congress of double standards. He argued that when the NDC was in opposition, they criticised the Hubtel software system, yet now that they are in government, they are still using the same system.

In the middle of his point, Bernard Ahiafor, who was presiding as Speaker, attempted to draw his attention to something.

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Afenyo-Markin was not ready to entertain that interruption. He pushed back, saying that the Majority Leader had been allowed to make his point without any interference, so he did not understand why the Deputy Speaker was interrupting him.

Afenyo-Markin raised his voice saying the interruptions were becoming too frequent and he would no longer accept them.

According to him, the Majority Leader always gets the space to speak without interruption, but when it is the Minority’s turn, the interjections start.

“Mr Speaker, when the Majority Leader was on his feet, you never asked him a question. This is becoming one too many; I won’t accept this. You allowed him (Majority Leader) to speak, but when it gets to us (Minority), then you start asking questions. Why didn’t you interrupt him? Mr Speaker, don’t do this,” the Minority Leader stated.

He went on to question why the Deputy Speaker did not interrupt the Majority Leader at all but decided to do so only when the Minority Leader was speaking.

Bernard Ahiafor, unhappy with Afenyo-Markin’s reaction, confronted him and demanded to know which question he had even asked.

But Afenyo-Markin stood his ground and insisted that unlike with the Majority Leader, the Deputy Speaker had interrupted him, and that was exactly his problem.

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