{"id":237192,"date":"2024-10-22T17:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/22\/mahama-ayariga-insists-ndc-is-majority-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:55:58","slug":"mahama-ayariga-insists-ndc-is-majority-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/22\/mahama-ayariga-insists-ndc-is-majority-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama Ayariga insists NDC is Majority in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs in Parliament have declared that it now holds the majority position following Speaker Alban Bagbin\u2019s decision to adjourn the House indefinitely on Tuesday, October 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This adjournment occurred after a tense session, where the Speaker cited the lack of quorum to take decisions even though they had quorum to conduct parliamentary business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing dispute stems from Speaker Bagbin&#8217;s recent declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant, a decision influenced by a motion from Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motion invoked constitutional provisions regarding MPs who had either switched parties or contested as independents, affecting the seats for Fomena, Suhum, Agona West, and Amenfi Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Supreme Court issued a stay of execution on the Speaker\u2019s ruling, temporarily halting the vacancies, the Minority insists that Bagbin\u2019s decision has altered the balance of power in their favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has reinforced this stance, stating that the Minority would not concede to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) until the Speaker reverses his ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Ayariga also mentioned that the Minority would comply with the Speaker\u2019s directive to adjourn and return to their constituencies, while they await a new date for Parliament to reconvene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re the Majority [NDC Minority], the Speaker didn\u2019t set aside his directive and you will recall we said that it is only when the Speaker changes his communication that we on the NDC side will review anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo far as we\u2019re concerned, the Speaker\u2019s communication in terms of the numbers in the house still stands. He hasn\u2019t varied anything. And so I can assure you that we consider ourselves as the Majority and will act as such, there\u2019s no issue at all. We don\u2019t have a problem. We will go back to our constituencies and run our election campaign, that\u2019s all.\u201d<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/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>National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs in Parliament have declared that it now holds the majority position following Speaker Alban Bagbin\u2019s decision to adjourn the House indefinitely on Tuesday, October 22. 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