Bagbin’s victory confirms NDC won Dec. 7 elections – A.B.A Fuseini

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Sagnarigu Member of Parliament (MP), Fuseini Bashir Alhassan, says the victory of the newly elected Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, was a clear indication that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the December 7 elections.

He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) finds it difficult to accept electoral defeats.

He further accused the governing party of robbing several parliamentary seats from the NDC.

“Look at these people, they say they are democrats look at how they are behaving, they have never taken defeat, even parliamentary elections when we won a parliamentary majority, they were stealing the seats, and they can never accept defeat.

“This is the greatest confirmation that the NDC actually won the last elections and there can be no doubt that the NPP people are rejecting their party,” he said.

His comment comes after Mr Bagbin won a closely contested secret ballot in the Chamber of Parliament Thursday against former Speaker, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye.

He won with a margin of two votes at the end of a secret voting process in Parliament following chaos generated by the MPs-elect.

Comparing the qualities of the two candidates, Mr Fuseni indicated that Prof. Oquaye is not a match for Mr Bagbin.

According to him, the new Speaker has deep knowledge of the workings of the House.

“Not only is he the longest-serving MP in the country and ever in our democracy, but in case Parliament is stuck about the standing orders of the House, the laws of the House, rules and regulation, constitution, mention anything we have to rely on the collective wisdom of Mr Bagbin,” he added.