Security is expected to be tight in Parliament tomorrow, October 22 as the NDC caucus have sworn to forcibly take over the Majority side of the House.
This is in spite of a Supreme Court ruling last Friday directing the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to suspend his ruling which declared four parliamentary seats vacant.
No back out
Addressing a news conference in Accra yesterday, Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson said, “Nothing, absolutely nothing, will change this position. We will jealously protect our new Majority status and will not bow, retreat, or surrender our lawfully earned status. “We will also not abdicate our responsibility to the people no matter what.”
NPP caucus
As the NDC caucus continue to threaten a major coup in parliament tomorrow, the NPP caucus had remained silent, apart from few comments made by the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin after the Supreme Court ruling. He told the media that, his side will abide by the court’s ruling.
Bawumia reacts
In the midst of the storm, NPP presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the NDC cannot claim Majority through machinations.
Speaking at a community engagement at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region , he said, “I want the NDC to understand that if they want majority they should come to the polling station, come to the constituency, win an election and then go to parliament. You don’t sit in parliament to manufacture a majority for yourself.”
Will Bagbin disobey SC orders?
Questions are being raised as to whether Speaker Bagbin will respect the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Commenting on the matter, a private legal practitioner Justice Abdulai said he did not expect any such decision from the Speaker. “When he’s appropriately served, I do not foresee a possibility of the Speaker disobeying this without any sufficient grounds. Granted that he decides to disobey the orders of the Supreme Court, that will put us into yet another constitutional conflict, which will only be resolved when we get there. The circumstances of this will detail how we discuss and resolve matters. But I don’t foresee that happening,” he told Channel 1 tv.
