ABUJA
The controversies trailing the defection of the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal and the long recess the House of Representatives embarked on has continued to draw a lot of reaction, as the deputy majority leader of the House has put a lie to insinuations that the House cannot reconvene without it being sanctioned by the Speaker.
Ogor was reacting to APC's position that only the Speaker can reconvene the House, stating that house leaders of other political parties in the House of Representatives can reconvene the house without consulting the APC or the Speaker.
He said according to the rules of the House, the remaining political parties can reconvene the plenary without input of the Speaker if there is the need to discuss issues of national interest like the budget.
He denied rumours that the PDP caucus in the House was eager to reconvene so that it can impeach the Speaker, saying the PDP does not have the numerical strength of 240 members needed to carry out the impeachment.
Ogor, spoke to Journalists yesterday at the National Assembly complex.
He cited Order 5(14)2 as the part 6 of the House rules that sanctioned their reconvening if they so wish.
"The House rules clearly state all political parties. Mind you, there are other parties. For anyone to go with the impression that there are no other parties except the PDP and APC, it is misleading," he stated, adding: "it is easy for us to reconvene the House if we so desire. I disagree that we do not have the power to convene the House.
"This issue has nothing to do with impeachment or whatever; what the APC caucus has passed to the public is very wrong and unnecessary interpretation just because they want to be in the favour of the public."
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