Vacant seats saga: Mike Ocquaye, Alban Bagbin were both wrong – Dr Ishaq Ibrahim

Dr Ishaq Ibrahim, a communications team member of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) has argued that the current Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and his Predecessor, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye were all wrong in their ruling by declaring some parliamentary seats vacant.

According to Ishaq Ibrahim, the declaration made by the current Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin was unlawful.

While making reference to Article 99 Clause 1, Dr Ishaq Ibrahim explained that the High Court is the only institution that can declare a seat vacant in the parliament and not the speaker of parliament.

According to the NPP's Ishaq Ibrahim, the speaker and parliamentarians have only been given the power to determine procedures through the standing orders per Article 110 in the constitution. "Prof Mike Ocquaye was very wrong, he was wrong.