Deputy Minority Leader Patricia Appiagyei has rejected her inclusion in Ghana’s reconstituted delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament.
She described the move to include her name as procedurally irregular, politically damaging, and lacking consultation.
In a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament on Monday, July 22, 2025, she raised concerns over her nomination and replacement for Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin.
Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin is currently serving as a deputy speaker in the ECOWAS Parliament.
“I was neither consulted nor did I give my consent to be considered as a replacement for the minority leader,” Appiagyei stated. “At no point have I expressed any intention to replace my Leader, and I am particularly concerned that this development appears to be a calculated effort to cause division between myself and my Leader.”
Parliament on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, made changes to the delegation at the ECOWAS Parliament.
However, the Deputy Minority Leader said the change was unjustified and unlawful.
According to her, members of the regional parliament serve fixed four-year terms and can only be removed under specific circumstances, such as resignation, appointment to executive office, or disqualification—none of which apply in Afenyo-Markin’s case.
“Any attempt to replace him… violates ECOWAS statutes,” she wrote, adding that the move also goes against internal parliamentary practices and risks being rejected by the ECOWAS Parliament itself.
“This action… was taken in the absence of my good self and the minority leader,” she said. “The proposal was made by the majority leader without prior consultation.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
