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Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has urged the suspended lawmakers to take legal action against the speaker of parliament.
He claims that while the speaker should uphold the dignity of parliament, completely suspending members for two weeks is challenging to justify legally.
He thinks that as a democratic nation, all actions should be explicitly outlined in the law.
Martin Kpebu revealed this while speaking on TV3, a station based in Accra.
“The speaker has quoted sections; yes, we’ve seen the Parliament Act, Act 300. The speaker is to maintain dignity in parliament, but to totally suspend a member from the sitting is difficult to justify legally, so perhaps the suspended members should be looking at suing. Either he withdraws the decision or they should sue.
He continued, “That is a democracy we are building. We are a country of laws, so if you want to take such a drastic action, let it be very clear in the law. When you read those sections that the speaker has the power to maintain the dignity of the house and all that, does that also involve just outright suspension of a member without a hearing?
Where the constitution wants to give express powers of suspension, it does so….This speaker’s own is very difficult to justify because in law we have this common principle that where the lawmaker wants something done, the lawmaker will ask for it expressly”.
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Chaos at ministerial vetting: The suspended MPs should be looking at suing the Speaker of Parliament. – Martin Kpebu #TheKeyPoints pic.twitter.com/jlBhk8PAhf
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) February 1, 2025
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