{"id":176437,"date":"2015-12-22T18:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=176437"},"modified":"2015-12-22T18:44:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T18:44:34","slug":"chaos-in-parliament-as-minority-wins-vote-to-stop-eurobond-issue-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/chaos-in-parliament-as-minority-wins-vote-to-stop-eurobond-issue-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Chaos&#8217; in Parliament as minority wins vote to stop Eurobond issue [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The majority in Parliament \u00a0on Tuesday lost a crucial vote that sought approval for\u00a0Government to issue another \u00a0Eurobond.<\/p>\n<p>A motion by the Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, asking for the approval lost by one vote, after\u00a067 MPs voted against the motion, whilst 66 voted in favour of it.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0situation compelled the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Barton Oduro, to turn to Constitutional provisions to save the day.<\/p>\n<p>In a swift move, Mr. Barton Oduro annulled the vote, and ruled that the House did not have quorum to have taken the vote in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>His intervention triggered a new wave of Minority anger, and sparked fresh acrimony between Majority and Minority MPs.<\/p>\n<p>The level of disorder generated by the Chair\u2019s decision forced suspension of proceedings in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament\u00a0needs at least half of the total of 275 MPs to make a vote on a matter legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Click on audio below to listen to what happened in Parliament today<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/238695002&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority in Parliament \u00a0on Tuesday lost a crucial vote that sought approval for\u00a0Government to issue another \u00a0Eurobond. 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