Former Majority Leader in , , has criticised Speaker Alban Bagbin's decision to suspend four Members of following the chaotic scenes during a ministerial vetting session on Thursday, January 30, 2025. , in an interview with Accra-based Joy News on Saturday, February 1, 2025, questioned the legal basis for Speaker Bagbin's actions, arguing that neither the Standing Orders nor the Constitution explicitly grants the Speaker the authority to impose such sanctions. "The Speaker is right to have availed himself of the imperative of Order 342 of the new Standing Orders," Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu acknowledged as her referred to the rules that govern the conduct of MPs in .
However, he went on to challenge the legitimacy of the suspension, saying, "Now the question to ask is from where the Speaker is deriving his authority.
Neither the Standing Orders nor the Constitution grants the Speaker any such authority," he argued.
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu also expressed concerns that Speaker Bagbin may have overstepped the bounds of his powers in taking such drastic action. "The Speaker has not only jumped the gun but has gone outside the prescription of the law to impose his sanction.
