MPs losing seats: Speaker Oquaye was wrong in declaring Fomena seat vacant in 2020 – NPP MP

The Member of for Tolon Constituency, Habib Iddrisu, has stated that the then-Speaker of , Professor , was wrong in his decision to declare the Fomena seat vacant during the 7th .

According to the Tolon MP, who doubles as the First Majority Whip, the ruling by Prof.

Oquaye, which was triggered by a letter written to him by the New Patriotic Party following a decision by Andrew Amoako Asiamah to contest the 2020 parliamentary election as an independent candidate, was an error in judgment.

He made this statement while arguing the difference in the recent case of four parliamentary seats declared vacant by the current Speaker of , , and the 2020 decision by Speaker Oquaye. "The point I was making is that you cannot compare Speaker Mike Oquaye's decision or ruling as the same thing as Speaker Bagbin's in terms of procedure because in his case the New Patriotic Party had petitioned.