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Vice President of IMANI Africa,\u00a0Kofi Bentil, has raised concerns on the seeming importance of getting parliamentary representation for Dome-Kwabenya over people in Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) who do not even have a Member of\u00a0Parliament.<\/p>\n
While Dome Kwabenya constituents have been denied representation due to the long absence of their MP,\u00a0Sarah Adwoa Safo, from her duties, SALL constituents did not participate in the parliamentary elections in the 2020 elections because the Electoral Commission suspended voting because of the creation of the Guan District which hitherto was part of the Hohoe District.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on August 16,\u00a0Kofi Bentil\u00a0contended that prominence should not be given to organizing a bye-election to replace\u00a0Sarah Adwoa Safo\u00a0as Dome-Kwabenya MP as if people in authority cared.<\/p>\n
In his view, every intention to conduct any bye-election should first start with those in SALL who have not had representation in\u00a0Parliament\u00a0for close to two years.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot pretend to care for the proper representation of Dome-Kwabenya when you don\u2019t care that there\u2019s no representation at all for SALL!! SALL is a more serious problem,\u201d\u00a0Kofi Bentil\u00a0posted on his wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere can be no justification or reason to hold any by-election anywhere UNLESS the elections at SALL are completed first !! We are all Ghanaians, equal under the law!!! And all deserve representation in\u00a0Parliament,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Sarah Adwoa Safo\u00a0has been in the news recently following her long absence from the country and away from her\u00a0Parliamentary duties.<\/p>\n
Her actions has currently necessitated the Majority Caucus pushing for her seat to be declared vacant while the minority are against the move following her failure to appear before the Privileges Committee of\u00a0Parliament\u00a0to explain why she has been absent without permission for such a long time.<\/p>\n
Speaker of\u00a0Parliament, Alban Bagbin, deferred ruling on the matter until\u00a0Parliament\u00a0returns from recess in October.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo also recently relieved Adwoa Safo of her post as Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.<\/p>\n
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