“It may interest members to know that the Board is seriously considering a bulletproof glass curtain to slate the gallery for the utmost protection of members while in the Chamber,” he told the House before the close of sitting for the festive season.
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Parliament to purchase bulletproof glass curtains to protect MPs - Speaker announces
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye amounted to parliamentarians on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 that the House is considering putting up bulletproof curtains to protect MPs.
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Prof. Oquaye also noted that work on the Parliament House are ongoing and progressing.
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The Speaker’s hint of an installation of a bulletproof glass curtains comes on the back of a suicide attempt in Parliament within 2019 as a man in the public gallery attempted jumping down into the chamber during parliamentary business.
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There was also the issue of the leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, storming the House while the MPs were deliberating on plans to build a new chamber.
The two examples of breach in security may have led the Board of Parliament to prioritise the security of MPs.
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