The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has directed the party’s Members of Parliament (MPs) to boycott any emergency recall of Parliament, claiming such sessions are intended to advance corrupt agendas.
Speaking to supporters in the Western Region on Saturday, November 16, Asiedu Nketiah alleged that with the 2024 general elections fast approaching, the majority caucus has no genuine justification for reconvening Parliament other than to pursue dubious objectives.
“…Let no NDC MP set foot in Parliament. If they like, they can go and burn the sea. There’s no work in Parliament that can be said to be an emergency.
There’s no emergency. Parliament will only be recalled so they can continue with the insatiable corruption they have perpetrated for the past eight years.
“They still want to advance the corruption with just three weeks left. We won’t go close to them today or tomorrow.
So, the judges should say what they want, parliament also has its own rules and we will work with that,” he stated.
Johnson Asiedu Nkatiah’s call comes after the Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 12, overturned the decision made by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to declare four parliamentary seats vacant.
This ruling was in favour of a challenge presented by Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
In a detailed ruling delivered on Thursday, November 14, the five justices who backed the Majority Leader asserted that a parliamentary seat can only be considered vacant if a legislator switches political parties while retaining their role in Parliament.
However, two justices voiced their disagreement, arguing that the Supreme Court lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter, thereby highlighting a difference in interpretation concerning the Court’s powers in relation to these issues.
