Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has announced that he has filed an injunction application at the Supreme Court in response to the Minority’s efforts to declare the seats of Independent candidates vacant.
This development follows the announcement by former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu that his side of the house intends to invoke Article 97 (1)(g) of the Constitution to vacate the seats of three Majority MPs and one NDC MP.
The provision in question states that an MP shall vacate their seat if they leave the party they were elected under or seek to remain in Parliament as an independent candidate.
Haruna Iddrisu says he has already written to the Speaker to declare the four parliamentary seats vacant.
If the motion succeeds, the NDC, currently at 137 MPs, would become the Majority party, significantly shifting the balance of power in the House.
