Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has announced plans to recall Parliament on Wednesday, October 23.
Speaking on Citi FM Tuesday, October 22, the Effutu MP voiced concerns over Speaker Alban Bagbin’s recent decision to adjourn the House indefinitely.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin hinted that the Speaker’s move is part of a larger strategy by National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs to disrupt parliamentary proceedings, accusing them of trying to sabotage Ghana’s economic progress.
He stressed that the NPP is committed to countering these efforts and ensuring that government business continues without obstruction, despite the opposition’s alleged tactics.
“God willing, tomorrow [Wednesday, October 23], the Majority will trigger the recall of Parliament because the actions of the Speaker are undermining Parliamentary work so that the economy will suffer and so we will trigger the recall of Parliament and we will see what he [Bagbin] will do.
“A court has ordered you to take action and you are going around the issue meanwhile he is not Parliament so we will trigger a recall.”
Speaker Bagbin announced the indefinite adjournment of parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday, October 22 after a tussle over which caucus was to sit on the Majority side of the House.
The Speaker announced that his decision to adjourn the House was reached after consultation with leadership which Afenyo-Markin disagreed.
“He [Bagbin] respectfully invited us to his office for a meeting and said he had received the court ruling and was going to inform the House and that many people had visited him and asked for more time for consultation and that he was going to adjourn the House and I asked him what about the Supreme Court’s ruling.
“I drew his attention that his colleagues had taken our seats and he said he is not responsible for the seating in Parliament but the Clerk and I asked the Clerk if he changed the name tags and he said no. It is like when the Minority speaks, he is taken aback and behaves as if he is afraid of somebody.”
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