On June 3, 2025, the Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region and Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, strongly criticised the Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, for what he described as a blatant disregard for parliamentary rules.
Muntaka accused Afenyo-Markin of repeatedly breaching procedure by rising to speak without adhering to the established protocols of the House. He described the Minority Leader’s conduct during a recent session as inappropriate and called on the Speaker to take action and restore order.
“Mr Speaker, this is where my worry is. After you have referred this to the committee, reading Standing Order 160, it does not give any other member the opportunity to just get up and speak about what has been referred. You can only go to the committee and make your argument there. When the report comes, that is when you debate it,” Muntaka stated on the floor.
He continued, “But Mr Speaker, the way the Minority Leader is behaving, he is simply turning the rules of the House upside down. He gets up and speaks anyhow he wishes. With the greatest respect, we need to bring the Minority Leader to order, for him to understand that this House is governed by rules.”
“He cannot be speaking out of turn. He is behaving like a spoilt child who has lost his food and is therefore behaving anyhow. Mr. Speaker, let us get him to act in order.”
In response, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin criticised Muntaka’s comments, describing them as a personal attack and inappropriate for parliamentary discourse.
