Former Minister for Central Region, Kwamena Duncan, has fiercely criticized Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for sacking the MP for Sefwi Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, from the House during the proceedings on Monday, July 22, 2024.

The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, deemed Dr. Afriyie’s comments highly disrespectful and angrily instructed the Marshal to escort him out.

Dr. Afriyie had said, “With all due respect to your chair, these preliminary remarks you are making are prejudicial, and I believe that as representing the good people of Sefwi Wiawso, it doesn’t lie in your mouth to remind us of the things that you have said.”

In response to the comment, Speaker Bagbin said, “This is a completely rude remark, and I can send you out of the House. It lies in my authority to do so. I represent the whole country; you represent the good people of Sefwi-Wiawso. Please, Marshal, take him out of the House. I will not entertain such disrespect.”

Reacting to the Speaker's action during Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" morning show, the former Minister for Central Region, Kwamena Duncan, found nothing disrespectful about the MP's remarks.

"That definition of gross disorder…is it the Speaker who makes that definition? And that the point made by Kwaku Afriyie that this doesn’t lie in your mouth, does it constitute gross disorder?" he questioned.

He concluded that the Speaker's behavior poses "a major threat to democracy."