Are MPs elected to campaign or make laws? Loh rebuffs MPs' protests
The Vice Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of Parliament has defended the decision to hold Members of Parliament in the House despite calls to proceed on vacation. George Loh said the MPs have a basic and constitutional duty which is to make laws and they should be ready to sacrifice part of the period of vacation to undertake that duty. A number of MPs are disappointed over the decision by the House to extend sittings to approve the Constitutional Instrument for the 2016 elections. The House was expected to rise on July 29 but with the avalanche of work before it, members have been asked to sacrifice part of their vacation period in order for them to approve the Constitutional provisions for the 2016 elections. That call has angered some MPs who believe they have a duty to perform in their constituencies and the periods of vacation is the best period to do that. Bekwai MP Joseph Osei Owusu, said to disrupt their vacation is to disrupt th