Every MP started with No Experience, New Ones will Eventually Learn – Kwesi Pratt to Majority Leader
He advised political parties to stop pushing away the youth from electoral competition and parliamentary work
Jonas Danquah 
Seasoned Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has countered arguments raised against the unseating of “experienced” Members of Parliament (MPs).
Mr Pratt said the new aspirants – so far as eligible go to Parliament – should be given equal right to contest elections without fear of being dismissed.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' programme, Kwesi Pratt bemoaned the attitude where some aspirants are refused the opportunity to contest elections for their supposed “inexperience”.
He was running commentary on the assertions by the Majority Leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s that the loss of experienced MPs will affect parliamentary work, and consequently, governance.
Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu had expressed worry over the unseating of some experienced legislators in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries.
According to Osei Kyei Mensa-Bonsu, it takes years to build experienced parliamentarians and it worrying that the legislative house continues to lose such people.
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However, Kwesi Pratt said the youth, should be encouraged into parliamentary work rather, as they will eventually learn and gain the desired experience to effectively operate.
"What makes you think that the new candidates who won the primaries are inexperience? What are you talking about? Once they get into the house, they'll learn and eventually become experience too. They'll also chair parliamentary committees going forward. Those MPs who have now been voted out went there with no experience
"We should allow the youth to learn what we have learned, so they can replace us when we're no more...We are aging, nobody grows younger ..and gradually we are heading to the grave. So we must allow these young men and women to come on board with fresh brains so that when we are no more, they'll steer the affairs...
"But if we will always say they don't have experience, where from the experience? If you don't give them the opportunity, how can the person gain experience? Someone has stayed in Parliament for 20 years...But when he/she began, he had zero years experience," he said.
Kwesi Pratt called on political parties, particularly the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to stop pushing away the youth who decide to give party stalwarts a run for their money.
