The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament say the only person they listen to and take directives from is the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
The five-member panel of the Supreme Court chaired by the Chief Justice has granted a stay of execution of the ruling of the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to declare the seats of four Members of Parliament (MPs) vacant over the switch of allegiance following an ex parte application by the majority leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin.
However, responding to questions during a press conference by NDC MPs in Parliament on Sunday, the MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga stated that the NDC side in Parliament is unaware of a law that suspends the Speaker's decision. "About the purported directive by the Supreme Court to suspend a decision of Parliament, we are not aware of any law or any constitutional provision that enables anybody to suspend a decision of the Speaker in Parliament properly constituted. "What we know under Article 2 of the Constitution and Article 1 (30) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to make a declaration as to whether or not an Act is consistent or inconsistent with a provision of the Constitution.
But to suspend a decision of Parliament or a directive of the Speaker in Parliament, we are not aware of the legal basis of conduct like that", Ayariga stated.