POLITICS

Parliament slams Police over interdiction of Sosu’s bodyguard, attempted arrest

Parliament has issued a statement saying that the Police Service should have secured a certificate from the Speaker that the Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu was attending to Parliament before they could effect their arrest. The statement said anything short of that would not be entertained. Parliament also …

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Blacklist Bawumia – Sammy Gyamfi to media

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi has called on the media to start following the footsteps of their counterparts in USA and start blacklisting the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, the Vice President does not deserve media coverage because he has been untruthful to Ghanaians and also …

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Francis-Xavier Sosu sets the records straight, exposes police

• Allegations against me are manufactured by the police, Francis-Xavier • The police has nothing to investigate about my demonstration, MP said • Sosu says he will sue Ghana Police Service against their needless attack Embattled Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, said that until the police released a press statement …

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Parliament should’ve engaged AG over law school admission troubles – Prof. Abotsi

The Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Prof. Kofi Abosti has described as problematic Parliament’s directive to the General Legal Council to admit the 499 aggrieved law students into the Ghana School of Law. Though Parliament has a role in resolving the matter, Prof. Abotsi …

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Law school resolution: Joe Wise schools Dame on Parliament’s powers

• The Bekwai MP has reacted to A-G Godfred Dame‘s recent pronouncement • Dame has ‘challenged’ a resolution by Parliament relative to Ghana School of Law • Parliament wants the General Legal Council to admit some 499 ‘stranded’ students First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, alias Joe Wise, has explained why Attorney General Godfred …

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WATCH: Juaben MCE nominee demands money given to assembly members

Two-time rejected nominee for the Juaben Municipal Assembly, Alex Sarfo Kantanka, has demanded a refund of monies paid to assembly members for his endorsement. Sources say an amount of GH¢5,000 was allegedly paid to each of the 26 assembly members to influence them to vote in his favour. It took …

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MP for Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency has been beaten to pulp; regional minister runs away

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency, Hon. Emmanuel Agyei Anhwere has reportedly been manhandled by a marauding youth in protest of the second outright rejection of the president’s nominee for the Municipal Chief Executive position for the Juabeng Municipality, Alexander Sarfo Kantanka. The nominee once …

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Voting in Parliament should be public, not only anti-gay bill – CDD Boss

Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has rejected a directive given by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to the effect that passing of the anti-gay bill will be public. In his view, there is nothing special about the anti-gay bill for which …

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NDC is only good at propaganda, we have facts and data – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has taken a jab at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the party is only good at churning out propaganda and arguing without facts. While speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day orientation programme for newly appointed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief …

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Bagbin rejects CID’s request for Madina MP to be released for questioning

Parliament has told the Police Service that it would not be able to release the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu to assist in investigations as requested by the Criminal Investigation Division. Parliament in letter dated October 28, and addressed to the Deputy Director-General of Criminal Investigation Division, F.K. …

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