WE WILL BEGIN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT – Minority

“The NDC Minority is ready to protect the sanctity of the constitution of the republic of Ghana, and we stand with the Speaker of Parliament in this. Let the president of Ghana and his government be aware that where this country is going is strange under his watch and the NDC Minority will not countenance it.

“But I want to urge that it is obvious that His Excellency the president has breached the constitution and we’ll advise ourselves. In the coming days, he’s going to be surprised that we’ll begin impeachment proceedings against the president,” he stated.

The NDC MPs responded to the president’s decision not to assent to the recently passed anti-gay bill, formally known as the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.

They expressed concerns about a letter from the Executive Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, which instructed Parliament to stop transmitting the bill to the president for action, citing ongoing legal issues.

In what appears to be a retaliatory move, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin suspended the approval of some ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees following a lawsuit against the appointment by South Dayi MP, Rockson Nelson-Dafeamekpor.

He stated that this decision was made to uphold the rule of law and that the House would reconsider the appointments after the Supreme Court ruled on an application for interlocutory injunction.