{"id":1560,"date":"2024-10-22T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:05:53","slug":"ndc-and-npp-mps-sit-at-the-majority-side-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/ndc-and-npp-mps-sit-at-the-majority-side-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC and NPP MPs sit at the majority side in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a rare scene in\u00a0Parliament<\/a>\u00a0today, both National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs have taken up seats on the majority side of the House, leaving the minority side completely vacant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unusual arrangement comes amidst ongoing confusion over which party holds the majority, following Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four vacant parliamentary seats on October 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JoyNews\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent, Kwaku Asante, reports that the NPP Caucus Deputy Whip, Habib Iddrisu, occupied the Majority Leader’s seat, preventing the NDC Caucus leader from sitting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, the NDC MPs swiftly moved the Minority Leader\u2019s black chair from their side to the majority side, allowing their leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, to take his place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Asante explains that while all MPs sit on brown chairs, the leaders of both the majority and minority typically sit on black chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By occupying the black chair meant for the Majority Leader, Mr. Annoh Dompreh effectively claimed the position for the NPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfazed, the NDC moved the Minority leader\u2019s chair to the majority side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kwaku Asante further revealed that despite the brewing tension over the leadership crisis, the atmosphere in Parliament appears cordial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said MPs from both the NDC and NPP, though seated on the same side, were seen smiling and conversing with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest development follows the declaration by Speaker Bagbin that four parliamentary seats<\/a>\u2014three held by the NPP and one by the NDC\u2014were vacant, shifting the balance of power in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the NDC claiming 136 seats and the NPP reduced to 135, the NDC quickly asserted itself as the new majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on Friday, October 18, the Supreme Court issued a stay of execution on Speaker Bagbin\u2019s<\/a> decision, ruling that the four MPs must be allowed to continue representing their constituencies until the court reaches a final decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the court’s ruling, the NDC caucus has refused to relinquish its newly claimed majority status<\/a>, arguing that the judiciary cannot interfere with the operations of Parliament, which functions as an independent arm of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:Myjoyonline.com <\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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