The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Alban Bagbin says the House was yet to accept the resignation of MP for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, as member of the Appointments Committee of the House.
Mr Ablakwa on March 30, 2021, moments before the House went on recess to end the first meeting of the first session, tendered in his resignation from the 26-member committee.
He addressed the Speaker of the House, Alban Sumana Bagbin, for unstated reasons.
But the Speaker communicating the letter to members in his welcome address to the lawmakers from recess today, Tuesday, may 25, 2021, said it does not lie within his power to accept or reject Mr Ablakwa’s resignation.
“By the rules of the House, my acceptance of the resignation could have been ultra vires from my position and powers as a Speaker of Parliament.
“It was, however, procedurally intra vires from my position as the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, acting for and on behalf of the Committees,” he said.
The Appointments Committee, chaired by the First Deputy Speaker of the House, Joseph Osei-Owusu, the Speaker of Parliament said was duty-bound to present a report to plenary on the decision it has taken on Mr Ablakwa’s intended resignation.
By: Kuntu Blankson
