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January 3, 2025
The Committee set up by Rt. Hon Speaker and leadership of the House to see to the dissolution of the current 8th Parliament; inauguration of the 9th Parliament; and swearing in of the President-elect and Vice President has indicated that plans are far advanced to ensure that the above objectives are achieved.
According to the Deputy Clerk on Legislative Management Services, Carmilo Pwamang the 4th Republican Parliament has over the years had very successful transition from one parliament to the other which has been open and transparent and were counting on the media in parliament to bring this to the notice of Ghanaians.
“We have started the registration of MPs online, then the MPs-elect will come in person for their biometric data to be captured which started on Thursday January 2, 2025; then today, Friday, January 3, 2025 the President will come before Parliament to give his message on the state of the nation; the last leading to the dissolution of the parliament.”
He further pointed out that, over the years Parliament has not been having formal dissolution but under the new standing orders we should have a formal dissolution of Parliament that will be done on the January 6, 2025 and will be done in the chamber the start time is 10:00am.
In a media briefing on Thursday, January 2, 2025, he pointed out that inauguration of the 9th Parliament will start with the election of the Speaker by members elect of the 9th Parliament, adding that they will be in the chamber at 11:00pm such that they will finish the process by midnight leading to the January 7, 2025 morning for the new parliament to be sworn in and that will take place in the chamber and in the morning of January 7,2025.
“We will have the swearing in of the president and vice president elect which will take palace at the independence square at 10:00am. We want you to bring this to the attention of members of the general public and we hope your reporting will continue to promote understanding and unity of our parliamentary democracy”, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com