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Dome/Kwabenya MP
October 26, 2022
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is expected to give ruling on the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo today Wednesday, 26, 2022. The Speaker gave the hint when he was presenting his formal communication to the Members of Parliament on the first day of work of the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Eight Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana on Tuesday, 25th October, 2022.
Mr. Bagbin deferred ruling on the matter on the last day of the second Meeting following disagreements between the Majority and the Minority on how the report from the privileges committee should be handled. The Speaker in May this year referred three Members of Parliament including Mr. Henry Quartey, MP for Ayawaso Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP for Assin Central, and Madam Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, to the Privileges Committee for absenting themselves from 15 sittings of the House without his permission.
But the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya became a thorny one when in the report, it was stated that she was not available to give her side of the story after various attempts were made to contact her. And to that effect, the Majority side of parliament called for her seat to be declared vacant asserting that Madam Adwoa Sarfo failed to take advantage of the numerous opportunities to explain her absence without leave.
But the Minority thought otherwise and argued that she has to be heard to fulfil natural justice. More so, the Majority side thought recommendations as contained in the report was enough to declare her seat vacant, but the Minority believed that procedure was not appropriate as they needed to take decision on the report on at the plenary.
Ghanamps.com