A member of NPP flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia’s 2024 campaign team, Krobea Kwabena Asante, has criticized Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s decision to suspend the consideration of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees.
Mr Asante questioned the legal basis for the suspension, arguing that there is no direct link between the court case mentioned by the speaker and the vetting and approval process of ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees.
He described Bagbin’s decision as flawed and based on erroneous reasoning.
“Assuming Dafeamekpor Etse Rockson Nelson even has a case which I think does not have, how does a suit in relation to reassigned ministers got to do with vetting ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees? What is the linkage?
“Bagbin should come again. He and his hatchet guy got the plan wrong,” he said in a Facebook post on March 20, 2024.
On March 20, 2024, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin suspended the consideration of ministerial nominees, citing a case challenging part of the process. The suspension was prompted by an interlocutory injunction filed at the Supreme Court by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor, which restricted him from proceeding with the process.
However, the underlying cause of this parliamentary deadlock can be traced back to a cease-and-desist letter issued by the presidency to Parliament. The letter advised Parliament to refrain from transmitting the recent Anti-LGBT+ Bill for President Akufo-Addo’s assent, citing two pending interlocutory applications at the Supreme Court.
In response to these legal complexities, Speaker Bagbin reiterated Parliament’s commitment to upholding the rule of law and explained the institution’s decision to suspend the approval of new ministers due to similar circumstances.
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