You became Speaker by accident - Kabila fires Bagbin for sacking Sefwi Wiawso MP

James Kwabena Bomfeh, alias Kabila, has fired shots at the Speaker of Parliament for sacking the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, from Parliament on Monday, July 22, 2024.

The former General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP) found the Speaker's behaviour very distasteful.

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, asked the Marshal to walk Dr. Kwaku Afriyie out of Parliament following a repartee between them which didn't sit well with the Speaker.

Alban Bagbin described Dr. Kwaku Afriyie's comments as disrespectful after the latter found his (Speaker's) remarks on the LGBTQ+ case to be prejudicial.

Dr. Afriyie said, “With all due respect to your chair, these preliminary remarks you are making are prejudicial, and I believe that as representing the good people of Sefwi-Wiawso, it doesn’t lie in your mouth to remind us of the things that you have said.”

Speaker Bagbin replied, “This is a completely rude remark, and I can send you out of the House. It lies in my authority to do so. I represent the whole country; you represent the good people of Sefwi-Wiawso. Please, Marshal, take him out of the House. I will not entertain such disrespect.”

Kabila, discussing this matter during Wednesday's "Kokrokoo" show on Peace FM, saw Alban Bagbin's posture in Parliament as bossy and somewhat authoritative.

To him, the assertion by the Speaker that he represents Ghana is entirely false, stressing, "You don't represent Ghana...You became Speaker by accident!"

He further opined that the Speaker has a "misunderstanding of his position and his role."

On Bagbin's instruction to drive out Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, Kabila stated categorically that "it's embarrassing...that move he made was wrong. The Speaker can send a Member of Parliament out of Parliament, but it must be on stated grounds in breach of their standing orders or the constitution."