The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis -Xavier Sosu led his constituents to embark on a protest due to the deplorable nature of road network in the constituency.
During the protest, the police attempted to arrest the MP, but he was whisked away. Before that, the MP challenged the arrest arguing that he had a parliamentary call to attend and could not be apprehended until the Speaker of Parliament is contacted.
He later filed a complaint of contempt of Parliament against two police officers; ACP Isaac Kojo Asante, Regional Operations Commander and ACP Eric Winful, the Adenta/Abokobi Divisional Commander of Police to the Speaker of Parliament to take action with respect to Article 117 of the 1992 Constitution and Order 28 of the Standing Orders of Parliament.
The Ghana Police Service therefore wrote to Parliament for Mr. Sosu to be released for interrogation. However, Parliament in a letter dated October 28 stated its inability to release the MP to assist in investigations as requested.
Against this backdrop, JoyNews’ Evans Mensah, together with his panelists; Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, Member of Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, and Private Legal Practitioner, Yaw Oppong tonight, tackled the issues surrounding attempts to arrest the MP for Madina by the Police and Parliament’s refusal to release him, ascertaining if the MPs are above the laws.
The show started at 9.00 pm.
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