Tag: Vacant seats
Minority won’t return to Parliament until after December polls – Nii Lante Vanderpuye
Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Odododiodoo, has announced that the minority caucus will not return to Parliament until after the December elections. This decision comes in response to a recent move by the majority caucus to recall Parliament following the Supreme Court’s ruling, which overturned Speaker Alban Bagbin’s…
Vacant seats: Bagbin must resist Supreme Court ruling – Kpebu
Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has called on Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to challenge the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned his decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant. The ruling, delivered by a seven-member panel in a 5-2 majority led by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, sided with Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who argued…
Vacant seats case: Supreme Court to deliver verdict today
Today, the Supreme Court will deliver a pivotal ruling on the contested declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant, a case that has stirred significant political debate and scrutinized the constitutional authority of the Speaker of Parliament. The challenge was initiated by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary caucus, opposing…
Vacant seats: Speaker has not done what would have led to greater peace – Kofi Bentil
Lawyer and Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, says Speaker Alban Bagbin, has not done what would have led to greater peace. This he explained is because, he believes that currently, there is no express indication that Parliament has effected the ruling of the Supreme Court. In an interview on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday,…