1. The outcome of Ghana’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections points to a Near Hung Parliament, the first-ever in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. A Hung Parliament may be explained in terms of a legislative arm of government, that has no single political party with enough seats to secure an overall majority of membership and votes.
2. Currently, according to the Electoral Commission, the New Patriotic Party, won in the just ended elections, 137 seats, with the National Democratic Congress, winning 136 seats. There is an independent candidate, and the Sene election results are still outstanding.
3. The two main political parties have served notice of their intentions to challenge some of the parliamentary election results in court. Regardless of the outcome of the court processes and what the results of the Sene elections could be, Ghana is set to witness its first ever Hung or Near Hung Parliament in the history of the 4th Republic.
Prof Gyampo roots for Freddie Blay as next Speaker Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo says the most suitable person to chair Ghana’s next Parliament, a near-hung one, will be former Second Deputy Speaker Freddie Worsemao Blay. Prof Gyampo argues that the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman has what it takes to steer the affairs of the kind of Parliament the country is likely to have from next year. “Ideally, this position should go to a politically neutral person who enjoys respect across the divide,” Prof Gyampo wrote on Wednesday, December 16. “Unfortunately, politicians on many occasions, since 1992, have tended to favour the appointment of partisan people than neutrals in this and other key position.
Read his reasons below 1. The outcome of Ghana’s 2020 ParliamentParliamentParliament 2. Currently, according to the Electoral Commission, the New Patriotic Party 3. The two main political parties have served notice of their intentions to challenge some of the parliamentary election results in court. Regardless of the outcome of the court processes and what the results of the Sene elections could be, Ghana is set to witness its first-ever Hung or Near Hung Parliament Embattled UG lecturer, Prof. Ransford Gyampo Pulse Ghana 4. Depending on how the relationship between the minority and majority is handled, a Near Hung Parliament 5. To my mind, the current unique ParliamentParliament