In Ghana, the presidential party is indeed the majority party in Parliament… In any case, this is what the judgment, rendered yesterday, Tuesday, November 12, by the Supreme Court, suggests. Ghana’s highest court ruled unconstitutional the speaker’s decision, taken almost a month ago, which had, in fact, given the opposition party a majority. Not sure, however, that this decision will put an end to the current blockage, just three weeks before the presidential election.
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with our correspondent in Accra, Victor Cariou
“ Supreme Court ruling represents triumph of rule of law »… Here is how, following the judgment, reacted Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the New Patriotic Party group in the Parliament of Ghana.
It was he who, almost a month ago, challenged the decision of the President of Parliament, Alban Bagbin (member of the NDC – opposition), to declare four parliamentary seats vacant… The speaker relied on on article 97 of the Constitution.
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A decision which then caused a change of majority in favor of the National Democratic Congress, the main opposition party – and, subsequently, led to chaos in Parliament, whose session was adjourned multiple times.
A decision therefore deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which has not yet made public the details of its motivations. This Wednesday, November 12, the President of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, had still not reacted to the court’s decision.
We will now see if the speaker recalls Parliament, currently adjourned, just three weeks before the general elections on December 7.