The Chairman of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Caucus in Parliament, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has called on the Open Parliament Working Group to urgently implement the action plans of the organisation. He pointed out that Parliament’s prompt delivery of information to the public was essential. Mr Bedzrah, who is theContinue Reading
The Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei, has described the Speaker’s decision to refer the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to the Privileges Committee of Parliament as a calculated attempt to gag the Minority Caucus and cause deep division within its members. She accused both the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana KingsfordContinue Reading
The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Otchere Baafi, has called on New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates to throw their full support behind former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the party prepares for its crucial flagbearer election on January 31, 2026. Speaking to delegates in Koforidua onContinue Reading
The Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei, has described the Speaker’s decision to refer the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to the Privileges Committee of Parliament as a calculated attempt to gag the Minority Caucus and cause deep division among members. She accused both the Speaker and the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga,Continue Reading
The issue of whether or not the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is in contempt of Parliament for attending an ECOWAS Parliament meeting when the House had decided to drop him from the Ghanaian delegation to ECOWAS has been referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament for investigation, enquiry, investigation,Continue Reading
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has ruled that it was premature to declare the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Matthew Nyindam’s Kpandai constituency seat vacant, especially as he has initiated an appeal process against the High Court ruling. On Wednesday, there was a heated debate on the floor of ParliamentContinue Reading
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has described the order by the Tamale High Court for the re-run of the entire 152 polling stations of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days as a bad precedent that will be exploited to create future electoral chaos. The Minority caucus atContinue Reading
A heated debate erupted on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday when the Majority Caucus requested the Speaker of Parliament to declare the New Patriotic Party member of Parliament for Kpandai a persona non grata and be marched out of the Chamber. The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, said basedContinue Reading
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has said they are committed to the rule of law and believe that the appellate process will restore confidence in the democratic outcome delivered by the voters of the Kpandai constituency in the 2024 parliamentary election. Reacting to the High Court in Tamale’s ruling on MondayContinue Reading
The Tamale High Court has annulled the 2024 parliamentary election results for the Kpandai constituency in the Northern Region. In a ruling on Monday morning, the court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange ordered \a rerun of the election within 30 days. The court held that the election wasContinue Reading
