Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has condemned Speaker Bagbin’s action of suspending four MPs, calling it a harmful precedent.

In a discussion on Kumasi’s Pure FM with Kwame Adinkrah on Monday, February 3, 2024, Assafuah expressed dissatisfaction with Speaker Alban Bagbin’s approach, likening his treatment of Parliament to a strict, authoritative figure in a school setting.

He further criticized Bagbin for applying subordinate rules to supersede the Constitution, labeling such actions as unjustifiable.

"Kwame, in Ghana, we practice constitutional supremacy, not Speakership supremacy. The Speaker’s suspension of four MPs sets a dangerous precedent and is alien to parliamentary processes. Order 130 of the new standing orders grants the House and not the Speaker with the power to pronounce suspensions.

"The Speaker has no authority to suspend a Member of Parliament. He is using subservient laws to overturn constitutional provisions, and he must be called out," he stated.