Tag: Speaker of Parliament

He further noted that such a decision, taken without granting the affected MPs a fair hearing, was likely to be overturned upon challenge.

The selection of the Speaker of Parliament should be independent and free from the perception of being the President’s final say or an extension of the executive.  This separation is ...

The Ghanaian Parliament has been embroiled in a heated debate following the Majority Leader’s request for the Speaker of Parliament to recall the House. This request has sparked strong opposition ...

In a recent discourse on the powers of the Supreme Court and the authority of the Speaker of Parliament, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo Esq. Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

The Supreme Court of Ghana recently ruled that the Speaker’s declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant was unconstitutional. This ruling has sparked discussions among legal and political circles regarding ...

As Ghana approaches the 2025 fiscal year amidst a tense political climate, attention has turned to the pressing issue of the government’s budget approval process. Ghanaian lawmakers and financial experts ...

Kofi Bentil, a Lawyer and Vice President of IMANI Ghana has strongly defended recent ruling of the Supreme Court affirming the use of ex parte applications, that they are common in urgent situations where immediate ...

The Former MP for Tamale Central, Hon. Inusah Fuseini, has expressed his critical views on recent Supreme Court decisions, citing what he saw as inconsistencies that undermine the principles of ...

The Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has criticized Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s decision to hire personal lawyers in the ongoing Supreme Court lawsuit concerning the status of four legislators.   ...

Ghana’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, who had sought to overturn the court’s suspension of his declaration that four parliamentary seats were vacant. ...