Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has voiced his disappointment over Speaker Alban Bagbin’s rejection of a request to recall the House for an emergency session.
In a letter dated November 22, 2024, Afenyo-Markin and his caucus proposed November 28 and 29 as possible dates to address urgent issues. However, Speaker Bagbin insisted that parliamentary activities would remain suspended until after the December 7 general elections.
In response, Afenyo-Markin criticized the Speaker, accusing him of treating Parliament as his personal property and expressing frustration over the ongoing deadlock.
“And this is going to my colleagues in the NDC. Look at the shutdown they are doing in Parliament. Today, the Speaker of Parliament has taken Parliament as his personal property. As and when it pleases him, he opens Parliament.
“Even when there is an issue that he could sit with us, he says no. Look at the recent case. They created this impasse.
“We [NPP MPs], as law-abiding citizens, took the matter to court The court ruled in our favour. They contested the case and lost I was expecting Mr Speaker to immediately open Parliament as a Democrat to say that government business must go on. I waited upon him. He did not open Parliament,” Afenyo-Markin told Joy News.
