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The contented of whether oregon not the Minority Leader successful Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is successful contempt of Parliament for attending an ECOWAS Parliament gathering erstwhile the House had decided to driblet him from the Ghanaian delegation to ECOWAS has been referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament for investigation, enquiry, investigation, and study to the House.
The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, had cited the Minority Leader for contempt of Parliament and urged the Speaker to notation him to the Privileges Committee to look imaginable due sanctions, if recovered guilty, for defying a solution passed by the House.
He said Alexander Afenyo-Markin intelligibly defied a solution passed by Parliament to region his sanction arsenic a subordinate of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament gathering successful Port Harcourt.
Contrary to the solution passed, Mr Afenyo-Markin attended a league of the ECOWAS Parliament, a determination the Majority Leader described arsenic constituting contempt of Parliament and a breach of parliamentary privileges.
“That is wherefore Mr Speaker, I person cited the provisions of Order 31 (0) which says that immoderate enactment oregon omission which affronts the dignity oregon authorization of Parliament of Ghana oregon produces immoderate specified effect constitutes contempt of Parliament and a breach of parliamentary privilege,” Mr Ayariga had said.
Ruling connected it successful Parliament today, Speaker Alban Bagbin said determination was merit successful the contented raised by the Majority Leader.
He said having reviewed the complaint, the Standing Orders and the Governing Principles, helium was satisfied that the substance raised had prima facie grounds that implicate the organization integrity of Parliament
Pursuant to Order 34 (1), the Speaker truthful referred the substance to the Committee connected Privileges and Immunity for examination, enquiry, investigation, and study to the House.
The committee has been directed to ascertain the applicable facts giving emergence to the complaint, including the enactment taken by the House and the subordinate concerned, reappraisal those actions wrong the model of the Standing Orders and the applicable protocols of the ECOWAS Parliament
And to besides find whether the conduct, if established, constitutes contempt of Parliament oregon a breach of Privileges nether Orders 30 and 31.
The committee is to marque due recommendations to the House for its consideration.
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