By Von Cofie
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament has urged Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to reject the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side’s request for a recall, proposing that it be postponed until after the upcoming elections.
Dr. Forson indicated that Leader Afenyo-Markin’s petition asking for the recall did not satisfy the provisions for a triggered recall by MPs, questioning why the urgency claimed was not demonstrated in the request to the Speaker.
“Respectfully, Mr. Speaker, we wish to submit that based on the petitioner’s own request, you are not obliged to recall Parliament. Further, the petitioner has not demonstrated that there is any emergency nor urgent government business to warrant a recall of Parliament, with barely eleven (11) remaining days to the crucial 2024 General Election,” Dr. Forson said of Mr. Afenyo-Markin’s petition sent to Speaker Bagbin last Friday.
He was of the view that if Leader Afenyo-Markin’s petition was acceded to, “members will have less than one week to conclude their campaigns, train their polling agents and key logistical and other election-day arrangements”.
“This will disadvantage many members of Parliament, and such a situation is most unfair,” Dr. Ato Forson said.
His counter petition comes less than a week after Leader Afenyo-Markin had called on Speaker Bagbin to recall Parliament, citing urgent government business that needed to be transacted.
