Journalist and private legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini, has shed light on Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin's decision not to swear-in some MPs-elect regardless of whether they have been gazetted by the Electoral Commission or not.
Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show, Mr Anyenini clarified that the swearing-in process is rooted in law, with the Speaker relying on the Electoral Commission's (EC) gazetted list of MPs-elect.
He explained that the Speaker's role in swearing-in MPs is ceremonial, leaving no room for discretion. "The Speaker swears in the newly-elected members of Parliament," Mr Anyenini stated, and added ."But we also know that by the operation of law, a duly elected MP is one whom the Electoral Commission, by its sole authority, has gazetted as elected.
If you are not gazetted, you will not be sworn in.