{"id":11902,"date":"2023-07-12T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:16:59","slug":"minority-may-escalate-parliamentary-boycott-in-coming-days-ato-forson-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902","title":{"rendered":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Minority Leader in Parliament has reaffirmed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus will continue to boycott parliamentary proceedings and may even escalate the boycott next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NDC MPs, he said, remain committed to their decision to boycott the work of parliament on trial days of the Gyakye Quayson criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>In response to appeals by some NPP MPs asking the Minority to reconsider their decision, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, made it clear that the NDC MPs would not back down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypublisher24.com\/anti-gay-bill-bagbin-declares-lgbtq-acts-cannot-be-considered-human-rights\/\">Anti-Gay Bill: Bagbin declares LGBTQ+ acts cannot be considered human rights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boycott is a response to the ongoing trial of MP Gyakye Quayson, who is facing legal challenges regarding his parliamentary eligibility due to allegations of dual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court annulled his 2020 parliamentary victory last month, leading to a by-election in which he won by a larger margin.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11841 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg 720w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Ato Forson emphasized that the boycott was not intended to disrespect the parliamentary system but rather as a powerful statement against what they perceived as a breach of the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>They believe they must protect the integrity of the legislative body and the sanctity of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The boycott has significantly impacted parliamentary proceedings, with the House unable to transact any meaningful business.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the boycott, the Member of Parliament for Okaikoi Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, made an appeal to the Minority to reconsider their decision, noting that their absence from the chamber has negatively impacted the business of the House<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority Leader in Parliament has reaffirmed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus will continue to boycott parliamentary proceedings and may even escalate the boycott [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2980],"class_list":["post-11902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parliamentary","tag-minority-escalate-parliament-boycott"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minority Leader in Parliament has reaffirmed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus will continue to boycott parliamentary proceedings and may even escalate the boycott [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Express News Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/nyaaba.felix.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@FelixNyaaba3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FelixNyaaba3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b5e797531449c1dcb8747e970ceab0c\"},\"headline\":\"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902\"},\"wordCount\":257,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"MINORITY ESCALATE PARLIAMENT BOYCOTT\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Parliamentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902\",\"name\":\"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?p=11902#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Express News Ghana\",\"description\":\"Trust, Reliable &amp; Timely\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EXPRESSNEWSGHANA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/EXPRESS-LOGO-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C617&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/EXPRESS-LOGO-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C617&ssl=1\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":617,\"caption\":\"EXPRESSNEWSGHANA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/nyaaba.felix.3\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/FelixNyaaba3\",\"https:\\\/\\\/studio.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC6BQ59pRrPXKInz_hRjM7kA\\\/editing\\\/images\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b5e797531449c1dcb8747e970ceab0c\",\"name\":\"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expressnewsghana.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana","og_description":"The Minority Leader in Parliament has reaffirmed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus will continue to boycott parliamentary proceedings and may even escalate the boycott [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902","og_site_name":"Express News Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/nyaaba.felix.3","article_published_time":"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@FelixNyaaba3","twitter_site":"@FelixNyaaba3","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902"},"author":{"name":"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b5e797531449c1dcb8747e970ceab0c"},"headline":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns","datePublished":"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902"},"wordCount":257,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg","keywords":["MINORITY ESCALATE PARLIAMENT BOYCOTT"],"articleSection":["Parliamentary"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902","url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902","name":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns - Express News Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-12T13:16:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16885486273854607154106480437601.jpg","width":720,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11902#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minority May Escalate Parliamentary Boycott in Coming Days \u2013 Ato Forson warns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/","name":"Express News Ghana","description":"Trust, Reliable &amp; Timely","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#organization","name":"EXPRESSNEWSGHANA","url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EXPRESS-LOGO-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C617&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EXPRESS-LOGO-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C617&ssl=1","width":1080,"height":617,"caption":"EXPRESSNEWSGHANA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/nyaaba.felix.3","https:\/\/x.com\/FelixNyaaba3","https:\/\/studio.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6BQ59pRrPXKInz_hRjM7kA\/editing\/images"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6b5e797531449c1dcb8747e970ceab0c","name":"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5318cf3f7526a76cada79c018d0b5ce26f9ec93477be26e7805e0fc3db8e20ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"For more information, please contact ExpressNewsGhana via email at expressnewsgh@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +233 0543 900 732"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com"],"url":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?author=1"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11903,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions\/11903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}