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You travel without informing Akufo-Addo, what’s the import of that? – Majority queries Bagbin

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh
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You travel without informing Akufo-Addo, what’s the import of that? – Majority queries Bagbin

The Majority in Parliament is not happy the Speaker of Parliament has developed the tendency of travelling out of Ghana without informing the President.

The caucus says it is expected of the third gentleman of the land to inform the first gentleman anytime he is exiting the jurisdiction and vice versa.

But in a statement issued on Monday, January 17 to respond to concerns raised by Minority on the withdrawal of military officers from the security detail of the Speaker, the Majority observed Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin flouts this not unlettered protocol.

“The Speaker of Parliament, in terms of precedence, is the third gentleman of the land and one expects that when he is exiting the jurisdiction he must inform the presidency ahead of time since the Speaker is the person to act as the President in the absence of the President and the Vice President.

“In all the many travels of the Speaker in 2021, he did not find it worthy to inform the Office of the President. What is the import of that?”

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) insist the regularisation of the military’s role in the Speaker’s security is not politically motivated as claimed by the Minority.

“What is the proof? Or is it the case that they consider that since the Rt. Hon. Bagbin is NDC he is there to do the bidding of NDC and hence any critique of the Speaker or any action aimed at the Speaker is a critique of or action against the NDC, and therefore should be considered as being politically motivated?

“The people of Ghana know better and certainly can make the distinction between truth and sheer propaganda.”

By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|editors.3news.com|Ghana

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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com

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