Parliament has denied claims that the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have met to negotiate a settlement with regards to four Members of Parliament seats declared vacant.
Parliament said there is no idea of truth in the insinuation in the circulated video.
In a statement signed by Deputy Director Media Relation, Dr. Lawrence Kwarteng Asha explained that the video in question was taken on 4th July 2024, when the Rt. Hon. Speaker led a delegation to present the maiden Democracy Cup to the president.
“The attention of Parliament has been drawn to a video circulating on social media insinuating that the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has been invited to a meeting with the president to negotiate a settlement in respect of the pronouncement by the Rt. Hon. Speaker on Thursday, 17th October, 2024 in response to a call by the Minority Leader to declare the seats of four (4) Members of Parliament vacant.” The statement read.
“Parliament states without any equivocation that there is no idea of truth in the insinuation in the circulated video. The video in question was taken on 4th July 2024, when the Rt. Hon. Speaker led a delegation to present the maiden Democracy Cup to the president. The attempt to wrongly label the video and twist facts to impugn the integrity of the Rt. Hon. The Speaker and Parliament are not only disingenuous but unfortunate.” Parliament explained.
Parliament ruged the general public to treat the said report with the contempt it deserves.
“The general public hereby advised to ignore the attempt to hoodwink them into believing what has never transpired and treat the narrative with the contempt it deserves.”
Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament has suspended Parliament indefinitely.
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
