Now Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has disclosed that Fomena MP and former 2nd Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako will file a suit against the Speaker's declaration of four seats vacant.During a press conference on Friday, October 18, the Effutu MP said the Speaker's decision amounts to denial of Fomena constituents the right to be represented in Parliament."Indeed, I am in touch with honourable Amoako Asiamah and I am happy to even announce to you that he is also filing a separate action as a result of the conduct of Mr.
Speaker," he said."Politically, what Mr.
Speaker has done is wrong and it doesn't help democracy," Afenyo-Markin noted, expressing his displeasure with the Speaker's decision.The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Thursday, October 17 declared four seats in Parliament vacant.This was after the Fomena MP together with two other NPP MPs and one NDC MP want to contest the 2024 elections as Independent Candidates.This led to the former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu to petition the Speaker to declare the seats vacant by invoking Article 97 (1)(g) of the Constitution which stipulates that a lawmaker must vacate their seat if they leave the party under which they were elected or attempt to remain in Parliament as an independent candidate.After Speaker Bagbin's ruling, the NPP MPs disagreed with the decision and have vowed to fight the ruling.