An independent presidential candidate in the 2024 general elections, Kofi Koranteng, has criticised Ghana’s 8th Parliament describing it as the “most useless” in the history of Ghana politics.
In his view, the 8th Parliament has failed to fulfil its duties to the Ghanaian people and has contributed less to the development of the nation.
“This Parliament is the most useless Parliament. They haven’t done anything. If they had done something, you tell me. Go outside and look at the mess, the whole country is ‘borla’. ‘Borla’ in terms of nothing works,” he said.
He further called on Ghanaians to vote for him in the upcoming December 7 elections as he is the man to fix the country’s ‘mess’.
“That’s why we need to bring somebody who can fix it. That’s why I am the official ‘Borla’ man,” he added.
Mr Koranteng stressed that as a President, he will build consensus with legislators for the good of Ghana because he believes some MPs are willing to do the right thing but for the system.
“Not everyone in Parliament I think wants to do bad by Ghanaians but they don’t have a choice because of the system…there are people there who with the right leader and President, they will stick their heads up and say Kofi I want to work with you,” he said on TV3’s Hot Issues.
Mr Koranteng, who is seeking to be elected president indicated that he will reduce the 275 constituencies to only 20 in his second term as President as part of changes to ensure development.
According to him, there is no need for such a large number of parliamentarians to ensure effective governance.
