Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has rejected the decision by the Speaker of Parliament to determine whether Adwoa Safo remains the MP for Dome-Kwabenya or not by voting.

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Speaker Alban Bagbin made the ruling today, arguing that the Privileges Committee report is not final.

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The Privileges Committee recommended that the 40-year-old’s seat is declared vacant for failing to provide an explanation for her absence.

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Delivering the much-anticipated ruling, the Speaker noted that the report of the Committee must be placed before the whole House for a decision to be made.

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“It is for the House that will go through it because the mandate given to an MP, representation is so crucial that it cannot be left to the subjective view of any person or group of people but the whole house,” Speaker Bagbin said on the floor on Wednesday.

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This did not go down well with the Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The Majority Leader who doubles as the Suame MP said the ruling is unfortunate.

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“I am expressing my discomfort with this unfortunate ruling that you have made. I totally disagree. I think it doesn’t sit with the Constitution and with your own earlier statements that you made in this House relating to those same things. Very inconsistent,” he retorted.

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This reaction caused a clash between himself and the Speaker who did not take the comment lightly.

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Alban Bagbin demanded a retraction to which the MP reluctantly obliged.

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According to the Speaker, they will both remain friends despite their positions in the House.

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