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He had completely packed out from the Job 600 office allocated to him to operate from as the Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s 7th Parliament and the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Member of Parliament for Nadowli-Kaleo constituency had said goodbye to the legislative house, having served his constituents and Ghana for 28 years. That is an enviable record.
At the age of 35 years, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, entered Parliament and gradually rose through the ranks to become both Minority Leader and Majority Leader as well as Leader of Government Business.
To him, January 6, 2020, was the opportune time to call it quits having diligently served his country since the birth of the 4th Republican constitution. Hon Bagbin did not contest the NDC’s parliamentary primary for Nadowli-Kaleo constituency. Therefore, exiting the legislative house was imminent.
The outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak, has cautioned against the appointment of a judge as the next Speaker of the eighth Parliament.
Mr Mubarak noted in an article he posted on Facebook that the new Speaker of Parliament should be someone who has served as an MP previously.
Parts of his article read: “As far as I’m concerned, the nominee for the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of Ghana, should be someone who knows the standing orders (the rule book of parliament) thoroughly”.
“It should also be someone who has been a former or a current MP and commands respect from both sides of the aisle. Above all, someone who can help build bridges, and get the job of running parliament done”.
Unnecessary fight over the Speaker of Ghana Parliament
The fight over who serves as the Speaker of Ghanaian Parliament, for the House to get on carrying out its fundamental role, is getting very interesting as some political analysts are preoccupying Ghanaians over who should be given the title of majority in parliament and who should be named the minority in parliament. So, these individuals are more interested in the political colours of persons with vague ideological persuasions and politically tribal in parliament, than the actual business of the Ghanaian parliament, for which the electorates voted for them. So, when the number of seats in parliament is not balanced enough for the traditional dominance for the House to continue as mere rubber stamp of the President, some people are bent on going to any extent to circumvent the will of Ghanaians in parliament.