‘My Constituents Demanded I Drain Their Toilet’ – Bekwai MP On Why He Quit Parliament
Member of Parliament for Bekwai and First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly called “Joe Wise”, has expressed his frustrations over the behavior of his constituents for which reason he has quit Parliament.
Hon. Joseph Osei-Owusu is part of the nineteen (19) senior Members of Parliament of the governing New Patriotic Party who have opted out of the Legislative House.
The 19 Parliamentarians comprising the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Assin Central lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong, and a host of others decided not to contest their seats again, hence won’t be members of the House in 2025.
The Bekwai MP, in an interview with Starr FM’s parliamentary correspondent and monitored by Ghmessenger, explained the reasons why he made the choice to exit Parliament.
According to him, his decision was premised on certain factors citing the youth being disrespectful towards him.
‘‘Young people are generally way too abusive.  Generally, their choice of words in discussions and you think that it’s enough”, he responded, adding “probably our failure is that we are partly responsible because we have not made it an issue to train them to understand that governance involves responsibility”.
He further said; “I think for me it’s a major failure of our political system. Generally we are afraid to discuss what a voter should do. We are all talking about what the government will do for them without discussing that it means that you’ll pay not directly but we never discuss those things.’’
But it is not the abuse from the youth that makes the matter worse but rather, he revealed, his constituents have been demanding he drains their public toilet.
‘‘What is worse is, and that is the worst part. Indeed I will confess to you. One of the reasons that made me think it is enough, I’m not going to seek any public office again was some communities demanding that their public toilet is full, and if I don’t have those drained then they won’t vote. I kept asking myself, was it all worth it?”, he exclaimed.
Source: Ghmessenger.com
