Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused Speaker Alban Bagbin of conspiring with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers to declare the four seats vacant.
The ruling of Speaker Bagbin follows a motion by Tamale South MP, Haruna Iddrisu.
The ruling which takes immediate effect 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.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, Mr Afenyo-Markin now Minority Leader said the Speaker did not have the right to make a constitutional interpretation.
“We have just witnessed a conspiracy between the speaker and the Minorty to bring confusion in the house, it is clear that Mr. Speaker avoided service of the writ to do the bidding of the NDC.
“We as the Majority Caucus immediately are boycotting parliament until this matter is determined by the Supreme Court, the speaker has no right to interpret the constitution,” he told journalists in Parliament.
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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