Fomena Member of Parliament (MP) and Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako is set to file a suit against Speaker, Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four seats vacant.
Now Minority Leader and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin announced this at a press conference on Friday.
Mr Afenyo-Markin stated that, the ruling denies Fomena constituents a representation in Parliament.
“Indeed, I am in touch with honourable Amoako Asiamah and I am happy to even announce to you that he is also filing a separate action as a result of the conduct of Mr. Speaker. Politically, what Mr. Speaker has done is wrong and it doesn’t help democracy,” he said.
Speaker Bagbin on Thursday declared the four seats vacant on the basis that three of the MPs had crossed the carpet to contest as Independent candidates in the upcoming election.
But in Mr Asiamah’s case, he was crossing as an independent candidate to contest on the ticket of the NPP on December 7.
This will be the second time the Fomena seat will be declared vacant with Mr Asiamah as MP.
However, this time around, he risks losing his position as a Deputy Speaker in parliament too.
With three of the NPP’s seats declared vacant, the party is now the Minority in parliament with 135 while the NDC forms the Majority with 136 seats having lost Amenfi Central which has been held by Peter Kwaky-Ackah.
Meanwhile, Mr Afenyo-Markin has since announced that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus would boycott parliamentary proceedings until the Supreme Court makes a ruling on the matter.
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