The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has ruled for a report from the Privileges Committee on three absentee Members of Parliament to be tabled and discussed in the House.
The Speaker in his ruling dismissed attempts for Speaker to declare some of the seats vacant without a formal debate of the Privileges Committee’s report.
He said “the preliminary objection for the admissibility of the report is hereby dismissed in limine.”
The three members – Kennedy Agyapong, MP for Assin Central, Henry Quartey, MP for Ayawaso West, and Adwoa Safo, MP for Dome Kwabenya – were referred to the Privileges Committee for being absent from Parliament for an indefinite period.
The Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu disagreed with the ruling describing it as unconstitutional.
“I totally disagree with the ruling. It doesn’t sit with the constitution and I must express my discomfort with this unfortunate ruling that has been made because it is very inconsistent. We will come back with a substantive motion to challenge the ruling”, Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu said on the floor right after the ruling.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
