Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the New Patriotic Party caucus in parliament has claimed the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin told the whole country he had not made a ruling.
According to Afenyo-Markin, he was informed that when parliament reconvenes today 7 December 2024, the Speaker was going to make the NDC minority go back to their seat on the Speaker’s left side.
Speaking to the media after the Speaker Adjourned parliament he stated, “Yesterday Mr. Speaker himself in a press conference in the afternoon enumerated several things among them, he said he has not made a ruling he told the whole of the country that he had not made a ruling”.
“So, if he claims that what he did was a formal communication in response to a statement to the minority leader then why is he supervising chaos in the house, what Mr. Speaker did today amount to supervising chaos and bringing the image of Democracy to disrepute”, he boldly stated.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has adjourned the House indefinitely due to the lack of business for lawmakers to deliberate on, the Business Committee failed to meet and prepare the necessary agenda for parliamentary discussions.
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