John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: In many ways there are some improvements in respect of governance within IEBC and I hope that the proposals turn out to be realized so that IEBC as will be constituted becomes a fully functioning and dependable institution. All of this, of course, is still just a plan and we do not know how it will turn out but we are hoping for the very best. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The intention to have an integrated electronic voting system is good but its failure might not be its logic but a power failure and everything will collapse. This time round we need to get clearer assurances that there is a clear plan “B”. The elephant in the room is not about all these nice things which people have talked about, but the issue of freedom of individuals to choose which parties they belong to. I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: completely disagree with any suggestions that when you think about parties, you think about individuals. Therefore, the choices that were being given of individuals who are current party leaders who are all in the race, is a mistaken view. I would like to ask my colleagues who for various reasons, whether it is as a result of corporate whipping or any other reasons, have now decided contrary to last week’s mood that the thing to do is to restrict party-hopping, to think about it. I am hoping that tomorrow we will have amendments to put this to the test. They ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I like your guidance earlier on that this House is finally the one that does legislation and can make any amendments. A casual look at the Bill of Rights in the Constitution indicates clearly the individual freedoms to the individual which are not conferred by the State but the Constitution itself. These processes that are being conferred by the State are limiting freedom of individuals. I find that extremely problematic. In respect of the Election Offences Bill, the only thing that I see there that is probably new are the powers that are granted to the Director of ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to pass my condolences to the family of the late Dennis Akumu. I had the pleasure of interacting with him on many occasions when he was the Secretary-General of COTU. We met in Abidjan many times when I used to live there. We shared drinks, meals and chats together. He was a true nationalist, patriot and even The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to pass my condolences to the family of the late Dennis Akumu. I had the pleasure of interacting with him on many occasions when he was the Secretary-General of COTU. We met in Abidjan many times when I used to live there. We shared drinks, meals and chats together. He was a true nationalist, patriot and even The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: then, he was larger than life. Old age has a way of humbling people but he was a lion in his heydays. I wish his family strength during this trying time. May his soul rest in peace. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: then, he was larger than life. Old age has a way of humbling people but he was a lion in his heydays. I wish his family strength during this trying time. May his soul rest in peace. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to say that I rise to support the Motion as amended. We are all grateful to the country for the work that was done by the select committee in negotiating a delicate balance among various factors and coming up with this Report. Hopefully it will mainstream the process back in Parliament, so that we can deliberate on it and come up with an administrative and legal framework that will govern the way forward. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to say that I rise to support the Motion as amended. We are all grateful to the country for the work that was done by the select committee in negotiating a delicate balance among various factors and coming up with this Report. Hopefully it will mainstream the process back in Parliament, so that we can deliberate on it and come up with an administrative and legal framework that will govern the way forward. view