The Ghanaian government has decided to withdraw the controversial L.I. on Road Traffic Amendments to Regulation 74.
The Minister of Local Government and MP for Techiman South, Hon. Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah, announced the decision made by government to withdrawal the bill on behalf of the Transport Minister during a parliamentary session on last Tuesday, 16 July 16.
It would have also allowed Members of Parliament, ministers of state, and other officials to use sirens and exempt them from prescribed speed limits.
Clarifying the reports that have since gone viral, Speaker Bagbin said there is no such LI that has been brought before parliament, thus reports circulating around must be ignored.
Explaining further, Speaker Alban Bagbin said the supposed LI was rather a regulation that was amended; however, parliament does not have the authority to amend regulations or instruments.
“We don’t amend regulations. We don’t have the power by the constitution to amend regulations or instruments, we don’t have. So, I just told the people that,, one it can’t be true. Your parliament cannot amend… the constitution in fact has delegated that power to other bodies, not to parliament, and so when they bring an instrument either in the nature of an LI, that’s legislative or CI, constitutional, if out of 100 provisions we disagree with 1, we are not even allowed to amend that 1. We either have to throw out all the 100 or we allow it to pass.
“Since then, nothing of this sort has happened, so you see there definitely must be lessons for us to learn,” he stressed.
Hon. Martin Adjei-Mensah, addressing the floor of Parliament on last Tuesday said, “My Speaker, I rise to move that, the Road Traffic Amendment Regulation 2024, which was laid on the Friday, 14th June 2024 be withdrawn.
“Mr. Speaker, this has become necessary based on the extensive engagement with leadership. It is so withdrawn.”
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
