The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has backtracked on his acceptance of the resignation of North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa from the Appointments Committee.
The MP submitted his resignation letter to the Speaker just before the House went on recess following the approval of Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister at the Committee level by consensus.
The move received massive condemnation from a section of the public especially NDC members.
Mr. Ablakwa who cited ‘principles’ as reason for his resignation took to social media to announce his decision noting it had been accepted by the Speaker.
But in his welcome address today, the Speaker said accepting the resignation as reported would have been wrong.
According to him, he only received the letter on behalf of the Committee on Selection which he chairs which does not constitute an acceptance.
Mr. Bagbin revealed the Committee members were recalled from recess to meet over what he described as a purported resignation letter and will soon make their report available to the plenary.
Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu cited order 193 of the standing orders of Parliament to emphasize the North Tongu MP’s resignation might not hold since he ought to have engaged his caucus leadership over his decision.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
