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Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has dismissed claims that Ghana is facing a constitutional crisis.
Addressing the media on November 6, he assured that Parliament remains functional despite recent adjournments due to lack of quorum.
He added that the legislative body has neither been dissolved, suspended, nor terminated.
“There is no constitutional crises in this country, I repeat there is no constitutional crises in this country. Parliament is alive and working. Let nobody mislead, misinform or disinform you in this country,” he stated.
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Mr Bagbin’s remarks follow comments by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, who expressed concern over Parliament's inactive state amid unresolved disputes.
The Chief Justice also admonished Speaker Bagbin's legal counsel, Thaddeus Sory, for failing to submit documents on time in an ongoing court case about a vacant parliamentary seat, which she labeled a "constitutional crisis."
According to Speaker Bagbin, the “democratic system adopted and enacted as captured in the 1992 Constitution and fleshed out in various laws, process, procedures and practices is what has been triggered and it is working.”
He encouraged citizens to allow democracy to work, noting that “democracy is about the rule of law, let the law work.”
“The democratic system we adopted and recognized that in the course of operationalizing the system, disagreements will occur and challenges and prudence will arise. The system has put in place mechanisms, structures and institutions, processes, procedures and rules to follow and apply to resolve the disagreement, convert the challenges into opportunities and provide solutions to the problems. This is what is being perceived and applied. There is no constitutional crises in the country,” he stressed.
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