If Parliament loses public trust, democracy suffers – Osae-Kwapong warns of damage to oversight

“But when these allegations emerge, what they do is, in the eyes of the public, it goes to reinforce an already held perception about the country’s key democratic representative institution in our democracy architecture.”“So, for me, that is really the worrying thing about these allegations: what it does to Parliament itself as an institution at a time when it is already not in good standing in the eyes of the public.”Democracy and Development Fellow with CDD-Ghana, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has warned that continued allegations of misconduct involving MPs could further erode public confidence in Parliament and weaken its ability to perform its constitutional role.