Reports reaching TV3 indicates that Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has instructed his lawyers to set aside Supreme Court stay of execution on his declaration of four seats vacant.
The Apex Court on Friday, October 18 stayed execution of Bagbin’s declaration of four seats vacant after an ex-parte motion was filed by Afenyo-Markin.
The decision by the court has been met with criticisms by many legal experts.
On Tuesday, October 22, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament occupied the side of the Majority despite the Supreme Court ruling that stayed the execution of the ruling of the speaker in declaring the four seats vacant.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers later retreated to their offices from the chamber of parliament awaiting the speaker to arrive to commence proceedings.
Addressing a press conference at Parliament on Tuesday, October 22, the Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said “We are law-abiding, we have heard that our colleagues say they disagreed with the Supreme Court, using unprinted words on the Supreme Court. Ato Forson led the Minority caucus where they told Ghanaians that today they will come and occupy our seats by their own proclamation. NPP, our tradition is a law-abiding tradition, our forebearers always used the courts to correct the wrongs.
“Our leaders had always used civil advocacy and the courts to ensure that we get the peace that we have today. The country is hereby informed that we will not give that lawless platform that NDC is seeking, we will not give them that theatre they so aggressively seek to destroy our democracy.
“We know there are innocent Ghanaians going about their business, academia, and those struggling, we care about them we understand that there is politics but we must do it in a civil manner. we believe that we should quietly yield to them and wait for Mr Speaker,” he noted.
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