"The right thing must be done," says some Ghanaians that spoke to concerning the current brouhaha surrounding the declaration of four seats vacant after the Members of (MPs) occupying these seats changed their political affiliations.
The majority of students and staff of the University of Ghana, Legon, who spoke to 's Ishmael Batoma, indicated that once the laws of the country state that MPs who change their political affiliation must lose their seats, that must happen.
Some of those urging the Speaker of , Alban Bagbin, to declare four seats vacant pointed to the declaration of the Fomena seat vacant by the then Speaker of , Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, under the same circumstance.
A male student of the university said, "It is a strategic move by Haruna Iddrisu… it is about a fight for power, it is a simple tactic but he is not wrong too, the law says that if you are going independent you have to vacate your seat because you came on the ticket of a party." A staff member of the university also argued, "For me, I think once a precedent has been set and are masters of their own laws, if the Speaker thinks it is appropriate to go by the same principles which have been set already, he can go ahead and do it (declare the seats vacant)." He added, "We are all testing the laws, we are a developing democracy.