The Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has welcomed the Speaker’s decision to lift the suspension of four Members of Parliament.
Speaker Alban Bagbin reversed the suspension after appeals from both the Majority and Minority Leaders.
Speaking to Citi News, Oppong Nkrumah noted that the Minority caucus had successfully made its point, emphasizing that the decision now paves the way for a more constructive parliamentary engagement.
“When our leader stood on his feet, he did not choose to go through a legal route to litigate the matter but appealed to the sensibilities of Mr. Speaker. If you speak to any lawyer, he will tell you that if you are in the courtroom before a judge, for example, with a bail application, you can choose to go arguing on the fortification of the law and you can also choose that in addition to the argument on the fortification of the law, you appeal to the sensibilities and the jurisprudence of the judge in the chair and that is what our leader chose to do.
“We had argued the law earlier in the memo that we sent to the Speaker in the engagement that we had with him and when he got on the floor, our leader chose to then amplify the arguments that called on his sensibilities and in the end, we got what we wanted.”
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