Tag Archives: SC ruling: Speaker doesn’t have constitutional power to declare seats vacant – Afenyo-Markin

Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s ruling that Speaker Alban Bagbin’s recent declaration of four seats in the House vacant was unconstitutional. “While we await the court’s full written reasoning, it’s decision on this constitutional question is clear and binding: the Constitution does not grant the Speaker the power ...

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