Speaker to be sworn in again as acting President

January 26, 2018

Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye will be sworn in for the second time this month as acting President of the Republic as President Akufo-Addo leaves for an AU summit in Ethiopia on Saturday.

Parliament will convene for the exercise Saturday morning around 8am.

Speaker acted as President from last Sunday to Tuesday when both the President and his Vice were out of the jurisdiction.

Mr. Akufo-Addo left for the investiture of new Liberian President Oppong Weah in Monrovia while his vice, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is on a medical leave in the UK.

Dr. Kwabena Donkor in an interview indicated that he had been vindicated with an earlier interview he granted that the law that allows the swearing in of the Speaker in the absence of the President and his vice should be revisited.

“I sincerely think that there should be a constitutional amendment so that wherever the president is, he still remains the president of the republic of Ghana.

“If he is on leave that is a very different issue or if he is incapacitated. But as long as he is representing the country on official business he does not cease to be the president of Ghana. Are we now saying we have two presidents?

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com