Speaker Bagbin Has Solutions To Parliamentary Standoff In His Bosom He Should Show Leadership Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin to show leadership in the current parliamentary stand-off, describing the situation as embarrassing.

In an interview with Asempa FM's Osei Bonsu on Friday [Nov 8, 2024], former President Kufuor said Speaker Bagbin has all the solutions to the current standoff in his bosom, and urged him to exercise strong leadership in the ongoing stand-off in Parliament over sitting arrangements.

He expressed disappointment over the situation, describing it as an “embarrassing” impasse that could tarnish Bagbin's career in the House of Parliament.

Mr Kufuor said the onerous was on Speaker Bagbin to sustain sanity in the House, especially when he has already explained that he has not made any ruling on the said four seats.

He said the Speaker should ask the members to allow the status quo to remain for everybody to sit at where they were originally sitting before the recent developments with only a few weeks to the end of the life of this Parliament.

Former President Kufuor in the interview said the Speaker acknowledges that he is "number 3" in terms of the leadership structure in the country and with about a month to the end of the life of this Parliament, where he has served very well, he should not allow this development to tarnish the image of his "record."

He said the House needs to sit to be able to receive the President's last State of the Nation address, prepare transitional arrangements, the budget and other bills and this is the time to do all that.


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