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Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin will today, Thursday, October 17, give a ruling on a petition seeking to remove four sitting MPs from the House<\/p>\n

The Minority wants the MP for Agona West, Cynthia Morrison, MP for Suhum Kojo Asante, Fomena MP Andrew Asiamah and Amenfi Central MP Kwakye Ackah removed for filing to contest as independent candidates in the upcoming December polls.<\/p>\n

One of the affected MPs, Peter Kwakye Ackah, says he is not worried about whatever ruling the Speaker of Parliament will give.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not declared that I have left the party. I am only declaring my intention that in the next parliament, I would want to be an independent candidate. And so if somebody is also an NPP or NDC now, and he wants to go independent, he is not saying that he is leaving NPP.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is saying that in the next parliament, he doesn\u2019t want to go with NPP again. I believe that is how I understand it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you take any action, there should be a reaction. So you must be ready for it. Because if you say you are going independent and the Speaker rules that your seat is vacant, what can you do? You cannot challenge them because they have been imprisoned already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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