Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has asserted that Speaker Alban Bagbin is setting the House on fire.
This follows Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant on Thursday.
According to him, the Speaker did not have the right to make a constitutional interpretation, as that was the mandate of the Supreme Court.
With the case currently before the Apex Court, Mr Afenyo-Markin has said the NPP MPs will await the decision.
Until that is set, the lawmaker has said his side will abstain from parliamentary proceedings until further notice.
“There is total confusion; let’s get the law to settle the confusion,” he said in an interview on Asempa FM Ekosii Sen.
The ruling which bars four MPs from holding themselves as such takes immediate effect and has shifted the balance of power in Parliament.
The NDC MPs will now form the majority caucus with 136 seats, while the New Patriotic Party (NPP) becomes the Minority with 135 seats.
Meanwhile, the MPs affected by the ruling are the NDC’s Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah of Amenfi Central constituency, Andrew Amoakoh Asiamah of Fomena, Kojo Asante, NPP MP for Suhum in the Eastern Region, and NPP’s Cynthia Morrison of Agona West constituency.
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