The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin has cited a statement by former President Barack Obama of the United States of America in urging stakeholders to uphold Ghana’s democracy.
Speaking at a press conference on 6th November, 2024 he stated that Ghana’s democratic effort will succeed through hard work.
“Beloved Ghanaians, democracy will work only if we fight for it, says President Barack Obama of the United States. I swore an oath to uphold, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and that the Constitution and the laws and conventions of Parliament without fear or favour, affection or ill- will. I concluded the swearing of the oath with a call on God to help me. I am very confident and I have faith in God to see me through these dark days of Ghana and our young democracy,” Mr Bagbin stated.
He disabused the minds of Ghanaians that there is a constitional crisis in the country.
” There is no constitutional crisis in this country. I repeat, there is no constitutional crisis. The Parliament of Ghana is alive and working. Let nobody mislead, misinform, or disinform, you and the country. The democratic system we adopted and enacted, as captured in the Constitution, and fleshed out in various laws, processes. procedures and practices, is what has been triggered and it is working. Let us allow it to work,” the Speaker urged.
According to him, “Democracy is about the rule of law. Please, Let the law work. The democratic system we adopted and enacted recognizes, in the course of operationalizing the system, disagreements will occur, and challenges and problems will arise. The system has put in place mechanisms, structures, and institutions, processes, procedures and rules to follow and apply to resolve the disagreement, convert the challenges into opportunities and provide solutions to the problems. This is what is being pursued and applied. There is no constitutional crisis in the country”.
He assured that “Parliament is alive and working. It has not been dissolved, prorogued, prohibited, suspended or terminated. The plenary sitting and meetings of Parliament were adjourned indefinitely, due to lack of quorum to take decision created by a walk out staged by the NPP Members who were available, as a result of a disagreement.
The cause of the disagreement which led to a disorder had to be resolved with time and engagement of many more leaders than those 2in Parliament. The adjournment was done by the lawful authority, the Speaker of Parliament Let us stop pressing the panic buttons and fear mongering and allow the system to work. Anger and indecent language rather inflames the situation. There can be no democracy without patience, tolerance, discipline, collaboration, the love for one another and consensus building”
Read also:
Kudus blames negative comments after Sudan game for red card incident
