The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Marshal to walk the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Kwaku Afriyie, out of the House over a comment deemed as disrespectful.
Following the nomination of two justices to the Supreme Court by President Akufo-Addo, Speaker Bagbin urged the House to look into the issues of the full complement of the Supreme Court when the appointments committee presented its report on the nominees to the plenary for consideration.
However, the MP for Sefwi Wiawso, Kwaku Afriyie said it does not lie with the Speaker to make such prejudicial comments.
Out of fury, the Speaker ordered the Marshal to take the MP out of the House.
“This is a completely rude remark and I can send you out of the House now. It lies in my authority to do so. You represent the good people as Sefwi-Wiawso, I represent the whole country.”
“Please, marshall, take him out of the House. Marshall, take him out of the House. I will not intervene in such disrespect.”
Meanwhile, the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, rendered an apology to the Speaker on behalf of the caucus.
“Speaker, we acknowledge the wisdom you have guided us and how you have navigated us to this point.”
“We have had moments of tension, what happened a moment ago was unfortunate. So, I want to, on behalf of the entire caucus and my colleagues, I want to render my apologies to you and your office, and we hope that this draws the curtains. We are very sorry, we apologise sincerely for what happened,” he added.
