{"id":272458,"date":"2024-12-29T14:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/did-speaker-bagbin-goof-in-declaring-invalidated-mps-ineligible-for-swearing-in\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:56:08","slug":"did-speaker-bagbin-goof-in-declaring-invalidated-mps-ineligible-for-swearing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/did-speaker-bagbin-goof-in-declaring-invalidated-mps-ineligible-for-swearing-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Speaker Bagbin goof in declaring invalidated MPs ineligible for swearing in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has emphasized that parliamentary candidates whose results were overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday, December 27, 2024, are not eligible to take the oath of office as Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bagbin, the Supreme Court\u2019s decision aligns with his position that the proclamation of these candidates as MPs-elect was \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has emphasized that parliamentary candidates whose results were overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday, December 27, 2024, are not eligible to take the oath of office as Members of Parliament. 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