{"id":235705,"date":"2024-10-20T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T12:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:15:31","slug":"avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid chaos and anarchy on Tuesday &#8211; Otchere Darko advises Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, a prominent member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged Parliament to avoid chaos and anarchy during its session on Tuesday, October 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Facebook post on Sunday, October 20, Otchere Darko called for calm amidst the growing political tension in the House following the Speaker\u2019s ruling that declared four parliamentary seats vacant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments come after the NDC caucus in Parliament threatened to occupy the Majority side, despite a Supreme Court ruling that stayed the Speaker\u2019s declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032622091 lazyload ewww_webp_lazy_load\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2549.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"799\" data-eio-rwidth=\"800\" data-eio-rheight=\"799\" src-webp=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2549.jpeg.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_2549.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032622091\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Speaker\u2019s decision had sparked a standoff between the two sides, with the Minority insisting they would take action during the upcoming parliamentary session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling was issued Thursday, following an application for a stay of execution on the Speaker\u2019s decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Court\u2019s intervention has temporarily halted the Speaker\u2019s declaration, preventing immediate changes to the composition of the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Otchere Darko\u2019s appeal comes as tensions continue to rise, with many concerned that the situation could escalate into conflict within Parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urged both sides to respect the rule of law and maintain order to safeguard Ghana\u2019s democratic principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cParliament must, by all means, avoid a situation of seeming chaos and anarchy Tuesday. I suggest the two Leaders and Speaker meet before then to agree or agree to disagree on the next steps. Not long to Dec 7, let maturity be our guide and guard,\u201d he posted.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, a prominent member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged Parliament to avoid chaos and anarchy during its session on Tuesday, October 22.\u00a0 In a Facebook post on Sunday, October 20, Otchere Darko called for calm amidst the growing political tension in the House following the Speaker\u2019s ruling that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Avoid chaos and anarchy on Tuesday - Otchere Darko advises Parliament - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Avoid chaos and anarchy on Tuesday - Otchere Darko advises Parliament - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, a prominent member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged Parliament to avoid chaos and anarchy during its session on Tuesday, October 22.\u00a0 In a Facebook post on Sunday, October 20, Otchere Darko called for calm amidst the growing political tension in the House following the Speaker\u2019s ruling that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-20T12:15:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/20\\\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/20\\\/avoid-chaos-and-anarchy-on-tuesday-otchere-darko-advises-parliament\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Avoid chaos and anarchy on Tuesday &#8211; 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