The Speaker of Parliament has initiated disciplinary measures against a senior executive officer of the Parliamentary Service, Thomas Bosompem, for releasing the draft "Hansard" of Thursday, 17 October 2024, to the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.

The Speaker's decision, which was contained in a query memo dated Monday, 21 October 2024, was sighted by GhanaWeb on Monday, October 21, 2024. "Pursuant to Regulation 51(c) and (o) of the Parliamentary Service (Staff) Regulations, 2019, (C.

I. 1 18), explain why disciplinary action should not be instituted against you for photocopying the draft 'Hansard' of Thursday, 17 October, 2024, and making same available to some other persons without authorisation. "Your response should be submitted to the Editor of Debates, Chamber Reporting, by 4.00 p.m.

on Wednesday, 23 October 2024," it stated.