By Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has refuted claims that Ghana is experiencing a constitutional crisis.
Speaking to the media on November 6, he assured that Parliament remains fully operational despite recent adjournments caused by quorum issues.
He emphasized that the legislative body has not been dissolved, suspended, or terminated.
“There is no constitutional crises in this country, I repeat there is no constitutional crises in this country. Parliament is alive and working. Let nobody mislead, misinform or disinform you in this country,” he stated.
Mr. Bagbin’s remarks come in response to comments by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, who voiced concerns over Parliament’s inactivity amidst unresolved disputes.
The Chief Justice also criticized Speaker Bagbin’s legal counsel, Thaddeus Sory, for not submitting documents on time in an ongoing court case concerning a vacant parliamentary seat, describing the situation as a “constitutional crisis.”
According to Speaker Bagbin, the “democratic system adopted and enacted as captured in the 1992 Constitution and fleshed out in various laws, process, procedures and practices is what has been triggered and it is working.”
He encouraged citizens to allow democracy to work, noting that “democracy is about the rule of law, let the law work.”
“The democratic system we adopted and recognized that in the course of operationalizing the system, disagreements will occur and challenges and prudence will arise. The system has put in place mechanisms, structures and institutions, processes, procedures and rules to follow and apply to resolve the disagreement, convert the challenges into opportunities and provide solutions to the problems. This is what is being perceived and applied. There is no constitutional crises in the country,” he stressed.
