Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has said that the decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to declare four parliamentary seats vacant cannot be challenged in the court of law.
His comment comes after Speaker Bagbin in Parliament on Thursday, October 17, declared four parliamentary seats vacant following a heated debate triggered by a petition filed by former National Democratic Congress Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu.
The ruling affected three seats held by New Patriotic Party (NPP) members and one by a member of the NDC.
Read also: Speaker Bagbin declares 4 Parliamentary seats vacant The Speaker explained that, since the notice of polls confirmed the four MPs were running as independent candidates, they no longer had the mandate to remain in the current Parliament.