The Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned what it calls a blatant breach of the 1992 Constitution, following the simultaneous absence of the President, Vice President, and Speaker of Parliament from the country without the swearing-in of an Acting President.
In a statement released on Monday, May 12, 2025, the Minority revealed that all three high-ranking officials were out of the country at the same time, a scenario they argue violates Article 60 of the Constitution.
This article mandates that when both the President and Vice President are absent, the Speaker must be sworn in as Acting President.
At the time of the statement, President John Dramani Mahama was in Togo attending the African Union Debt Conference, while Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman was receiving medical treatment in the UK.
