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Mr. Afenyo-Markin said the NDC MPs have showed “bad faith” and “ambushed” the system by allowing the MP to still come to Parliament. “We have contended that our friends are undermining the rule of law because, from the Clerks’ point of view, he communicated to the leadership of the NDC.” “I think the NDC’s posture is dangerous for our democracy and dangerous for the rule of law in the sense that they have formed a human shield and protected him [Mr. Quayson],” he said. Mr. Quayson has been acting as an MP despite an injunction on his swearing-in. Richard Quayson
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The MPs earlier threatened to boycott the inauguration if a re-collation of the parliamentary results in Techiman South is not done.
According to the NDC lawmakers, the declaration of the seat in favour of the NPP’s Martin Agyei Mensah Korsah is fraudulent and they will not allow it to stand.
“We are standing in denial by collusion of fraud by the Electoral Commission and the NPP. It is not acceptable, you know they are just joking with Techiman South, add it to their number and claim a false 137 which they don’t deserve their 136,” MP for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu said.
It all started when both sides of the House exchanged heated words over the legality for the MP-elect to partake in the election of a Speaker for the 8th Parliament.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs said the summon was not properly served on the clerk of Parliament who is chairing the sitting whiles the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs argued that the MP-elect for Assin North cannot be allowed to vote since the court injunction bars him.
After rounds of counter-debates between both sides of the House, the Clerk of the House, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, admitted to receiving the injunction and ruled that Quayson cannot participate in the vote of the Speaker for the 8th Parliament.
Probe, sanction ballot paper snatching, military invasion in Parliament – Mahama Listen to article
Former President John Dramani Mahama is calling for an investigation into incidents that characterized Thursday dawn’s Speaker of Parliament election.
Mentioning particularly the invasion of the parliamentary chamber by
military personnel and the snatching of ballot papers during counting by the Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, John Mahama said Parliament must probe the two incidents and punish persons behind them.
“Parliament must conduct an investigation into the two incidents and exact appropriate sanctions,” Mahama said in a Twitter thread.
He accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of trying to return the country to the era where military personnel had control of governance, saying that this is evidenced in the continuous use of the military in various national democratic exercises.