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The
Member
of
Parliament
for
Asante
Akyem
North,
Andy
Kwame
Appiah-Kubi,
has
defended
the
new
Legislative
Instrument
(L.I.)
seeking
to
allow
key
government
officials
use
sirens
and
speed
at
any
limit.
Mr
Appiah-Kubi
says
the
work
of
legislators,
ministers
and
judges
are
time
bound
and
must
be
carried
out
early
enough
to
meet
national
demands.
He
was
reacting
to
concerns
raised
about
proposed
amendments
to
Regulation
74
of
L.I.
2180
which
will
now
permit
the
fitting
of
sirens
on
specific
classes
of
vehicles,
including
those
owned
by
justices
of
the
Supreme
Court,
Members
of
Parliament
and
Ministers
of
State.
According
to
him,
there
must
be
a
way
to
reduce
the
stress
of
such
officials
who
endure
long
hours
in
traffic
on
a
daily
basis.
“I
know
the
schedule
of
work
that
ministers
go
through
and
how
they
postpone
meetings
outside
ministries
trying
to
finish
their
regular
job
in
office
and
be
confronted
with
limited
time
to
reach
the
next
destination
for
the
next
official
duty.”
“You
subject
such
people
to
the
conditions
of
traffic
on
the
road.
Such
people
cannot
meet
the
deadline
and
therefore
it
is
imperative
for
us
to
give
some
access
to
them
to
be
able
to
meet
the
deadline,”
he
told
TV3
in
an
interview
on
Monday,
July
15,
in
Parliament.
Appiah-Kubi
is
the
MP
for
Asante
Akim
North
He
further
stresses
that
the
provisions
are
not
exclusive
to
only
legislators;
hence,
attempts
to
rebuke
them
are
unfair.
“I
don’t
see
why
we
have
to
impugn
hatred,
impugn
jealousy
[and]
impugn
mistrust
into
the
provision.
It
is
omnibus
and
it
covers
a
lot
of
institutions.
Attempt
to
single
out
one
particular
institution
is
not
fair,”
he
said.
Already,
there
is
an
opposition
to
the
move.
The
Bureau
of
Public
Safety
(BPS)
has
demanded
that
the
Minister
of
Transport,
Kwaku
Ofori
Asiamah,
immediately
withdraws
the
Bill
on
speed
limit
exemptions
for
Members
of
Parliament
and
Ministers.
BPS
has
also
expressed
concern
over
the
amendments
made
to
the
Road
Regulations
Act
LI
2180,
which
was
subsequently
laid
before
Parliament.