The action of Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin in declaring four seats vacant amounts to usurping the powers of the Supreme Court, Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said.He further argued that the Speaker's actions contravene Article 99(1) of the Constitution, which vests the High Court with jurisdiction to determine questions of parliamentary membership validity.Afenyo-Markin earlier filed a suit at the Supreme Court against declaring the four seats vacant.  He accused the Speaker of avoiding the service of the suit."We have just witnessed a conspiracy between the speaker and the Minorty to bring confusion in the house, it is clear that Mr.

Speaker avoided service of the writ to do the bidding of the NDC.

We as the Majority Caucus immediately are boycotting parliament until this matter is determined by the Supreme Court, the speaker has no right to interpret the constitution," he told journalists in Parliament on Thursday, October 17.In a subsequent statement, he stated that "The Speaker's actions constitute a clear usurpation of powers vested in the Supreme Court of Ghana under Articles 2(1) and 130 of the 1992 Constitution.

These provisions explicitly empower the Supreme Court with the authority to interpret and enforce constitutional matters."Furthermore, the Speaker's actions contravene Article 99(1) of the Constitution, which vests the High Court with jurisdiction to determine questions of parliamentary membership validity.