Parliament has not done Enough to purge Itself of the Contempt - IMANI Ghana
A private legal practitioner has suggested a commission of enquiry be set up by the government to inquire and propose appropriate sanctions.
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The Senior Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil has called on the leadership of Parliament to do more to purge the house off the contempt that took place in the event leading to the election of the Speaker of Parliament.
Ghanaians will forever remember January 7, 2021 incident which occurred at the Parliament House where 275 MPs-elect who were to be sworn in demonstrated electoral violent actions during voting for the Speaker of Parliament.
People from all walks of life have condemned the despicable acts after they successfully elected Alban Kingsford Somana Bagbin of the NDC as Speaker of the House and after the first parliamentary sitting on Friday, January 15, 2021, Mr Kofi Bentil believes Parliament has not done enough to clear its name.
"If what we saw is the indication of what's going to happen in the next four years, it's going to be very worrying," he said.
"It was very disturbing, we still think that Parliament has not done enough to purge itself of the contempt of its own members. We think that Carlos Ahenkorah walking away free will put a huge problem on our efforts to clamp down on people who snatch ballot boxes in the future," he added.
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Lawyer Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner suggested a commission of enquiry be set up by the government to inquire and propose appropriate sanctions.
"I am thinking that we should use the commission of enquiry approach, that's the article 278 approach where the president or Parliament itself by resolution set up a commission of enquiry to set up and prescribe appropriate sanctions."
He further asked that the enquiry should not be instituted by Parliament but by the government in other to bring the neutrality of the findings.
Lawyer Martin Kpebu confirmed that the elections in Parliament are different from the general election and such punishments enshrined in the constitution cannot be meted out on the MPs who breached the laws.
He, however, called for proper punishment to be meted out on them so it serves as deterrent going forward.
