13th December 2024 11:52:03 AM
1 min readThe Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has promised Ghanaians that the upcoming parliamentary session on Monday, December 16, will proceed smoothly and without issues.He pointed out that the recent court ruling, which confirmed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the Majority party, has cleared up any confusion surrounding the composition of Parliament.
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Speaker Alban Bagbin has announced that the session will be held at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).In an interview with Citi News, the Effutu MP expressed optimism that the court's decision has settled the dispute over the Majority and Minority, and he is confident the session will be peaceful and productive.“This Parliament would expire on the 6th of January 2025.
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The NPP is the Majority in Parliament and there is no doubt about it. The Speaker of Parliament made a certain pronouncement. We disagreed with that, and we filed a process at the court. The court ruled in our favour.“The matter has been settled. The interpretation of the constitution is to the effect that all those who had filed as independent candidates had filed for the 2024 elections.
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“Therefore, it did not affect their tenure in Parliament and did not affect the caucus to which they belong. It has been settled, and so I don’t see any reason for any further controversy.”
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