Kobina Tahir Hammond, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, has announced plans to cite Speaker Alban Bagbin for contempt of court in the ongoing legal dispute over four vacant parliamentary seats. This comes after Speaker Bagbin insisted on upholding the declaration of vacant seats for MPs Cynthia Morrison (Agona West), […]
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directed the Clerk of Parliament to send the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, formally known as the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, to President Akufo-Addo for his assent. Addressing a media briefing ahead of Parliament’s November 7 session, Bagbin confirmed, “I have earlier instructed the Clerk of Parliament to […]
Parliament has refuted claims circulating on social media that the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, met with President Nana Akufo-Addo to negotiate a resolution over the recent declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant. The rumours follow a video suggesting that such a meeting took place after the Speaker’s ruling on October 17, […]
An NPP Member of Parliament, Afenyo-Markin, who is the Majority Leader, has successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the removal of four legislators, a move that temporarily preserves the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) slim majority in Parliament. The legal intervention follows a directive by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who declared the seats […]
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has delivered a ruling on a petition seeking the removal of four sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) who have filed to contest as independent candidates in the upcoming December elections. As a result, the seats of Cynthia Morrison (Agona West), Kojo Asante (Suhum), Andrew Asiamah (Fomena), and Peter Kwakye Ackah […]
