We shall see on Tuesday - Mahama Ayariga hints at 'showdown' in Parliament over Supreme Court ruling

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Ben 2 years ago

There will be no showdown! The court has spoken. The court is there for interpretation. And that is the reason why the court is there.

There will be no showdown! The court has spoken. The court is there for interpretation. And that is the reason why the court is there.
Queen PALLUTA 2 years ago

Foolish & hopeless @Ben... please be informed that, that ruling didn't come from a court! It came from the NPP PARTY HEADQUARTERS ANNEX - (THE FILTHY & SHAMELESS SUPREME COURT, aka, UNANIMOUS FC. Nobody will even read what th ...
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Foolish & hopeless @Ben... please be informed that, that ruling didn't come from a court! It came from the NPP PARTY HEADQUARTERS ANNEX - (THE FILTHY & SHAMELESS SUPREME COURT, aka, UNANIMOUS FC. Nobody will even read what they have written. We are daring all you MADAFAKA THIEVES now...!!!!!!!
Mary- Ho public toilet 2 years ago

Ah, the (P)NDC, this party of Ayigbes and Northerners. Their flagbearer is on record that when it comes to violence the party has no competitors. The Supreme Court has spoken. Whatever happens in Parliament until the Court pr ...
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Ah, the (P)NDC, this party of Ayigbes and Northerners. Their flagbearer is on record that when it comes to violence the party has no competitors. The Supreme Court has spoken. Whatever happens in Parliament until the Court provides an interpretation of Article 97 is irrelevant. The majority of the population of Ghana know the party that is seeking their mandate to be the government of the country. A party of irrational people who are averse to law and order.
DotCom 2 years ago

@Ho public fool, read this before you start your insults:

Article 97 states the grounds on which an MP may vacate the seat: "1) A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament—

"(g) if he leaves the party o ...
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@Ho public fool, read this before you start your insults:

Article 97 states the grounds on which an MP may vacate the seat: "1) A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament—

"(g) if he leaves the party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament to join another party or seeks to remain in Parliament as an independent member; or

"(h) if he was elected a member of Parliament as an independent candidate and joins a political party.

Ghanaians will never sit down for their democratic rights be trampled on by a few criminals. The game has not even started yet.
Mary- Ho public toilet 2 years ago

Togolese trokosi Ayigbe vermin calling himself DotCom I don't want to banter words with you because, firstly, you are a Togolese trokosi and the matter under discussion is about Ghana not about your country Togo. Secondly you ...
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Togolese trokosi Ayigbe vermin calling himself DotCom I don't want to banter words with you because, firstly, you are a Togolese trokosi and the matter under discussion is about Ghana not about your country Togo. Secondly you are a complete ignoramus and your level of understanding of Article 97 (1)(g) is the same as Bagbin. The matter is before the Supreme Court clothed with the authority to interprete the Constitution. As a Togolese you are probably unaware of this. Ghanaians await the ruling on the interpretation of the Article 97 to put this matter to rest. In the meantime as an alien you are advised to stay out of matters that do not concern you.
Kojo 2 years ago

That is their trademark. Is the NDC fighting for the citizens or their selfish interest.

That is their trademark. Is the NDC fighting for the citizens or their selfish interest.
Koratta 2 years ago

Kwaseato bodambo! When did we see you fighting for the SALL people all these past four years

Kwaseato bodambo! When did we see you fighting for the SALL people all these past four years
Kay 2 years ago

Where do the people of SALL come from? Are they not Togolese trokosi Ayigbes?

Where do the people of SALL come from? Are they not Togolese trokosi Ayigbes?
Gaskia 2 years ago

Buy your ticket early to get front row seats for the showdown. The year in Parliament will end the same way it started.

Buy your ticket early to get front row seats for the showdown. The year in Parliament will end the same way it started.
Pelicles 2 years ago

Is NDC a political party with intellectuals, I don't think so, why? Listen to their utterances, postures etc. They act like drifters, truants, vagabonds whose understanding are thousands of miles away.

It is only in NDC t ...
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Is NDC a political party with intellectuals, I don't think so, why? Listen to their utterances, postures etc. They act like drifters, truants, vagabonds whose understanding are thousands of miles away.

It is only in NDC that a parliamentarian will utter a word like "we shall fight, beat etc in parliament", and their leaders see nothing wrong with that.

Majority in parliament is won at the polls and not through some "backdoor antics" by a speaker whose name means a bag full of dirt.

Nana Abrokwah SA 2 years ago

Shut up Ben, you don't know parliament procedure, if you're majority in parliament and your membership reduced or crossing carpet, or as a sitting MP, changed to contest as an independent candidate, there's a rule in the cons ...
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Shut up Ben, you don't know parliament procedure, if you're majority in parliament and your membership reduced or crossing carpet, or as a sitting MP, changed to contest as an independent candidate, there's a rule in the constitution as well as parliamentary standing orders that is considered and declare you as minority MP's and that's is exactly what Babgin did, and there's a precedent what Speaker Mike Oquaye did four years ago
Truth 2 years ago

Don't know why NPP government has been so lenient to that stupid and useless NDC members! Government with all the security apparatus has allowed NDC Party to be fooling around all the time

Don't know why NPP government has been so lenient to that stupid and useless NDC members! Government with all the security apparatus has allowed NDC Party to be fooling around all the time
Kweku 2 years ago

Nothing seems to be working in Ghana anymore. Even the interpretation of the constitution of Ghana has become problematic and there's no consistency to the principles of the law in Ghana. The same constitutional law is being ...
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Nothing seems to be working in Ghana anymore. Even the interpretation of the constitution of Ghana has become problematic and there's no consistency to the principles of the law in Ghana. The same constitutional law is being interpreted differently depending on the person or group initiating the process
Mawule 2 years ago

Nothing is working because of your low level of the laws . Indeed everything in Ghana is working . When was the last time that courts in Ghana stopped working? When was the last time that government of Ghana failed to pay its ...
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Nothing is working because of your low level of the laws . Indeed everything in Ghana is working . When was the last time that courts in Ghana stopped working? When was the last time that government of Ghana failed to pay its workers ? When was the last time that Senior High School student were sent back home because government was not abled to feed them? When was the last time Ghana experience Dumsor for the whole month like during John . Mahama’s time? Ghana is indeed working as other countries around the world are working even though not expected as it should be .
MAKOLA no 2 MARKET! 2 years ago

YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING AND WE SHALL ALL DESTROY PARLIAMENT AND THROW AWAY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE MILITARY WILL TAKE OVER SO THAT ALL POLITICAL PARTIES WILL BE DISSOLVED. NDC DARE NOT! ELSE YOU WILL REGRET PAINFULLY.... SOME O ...
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YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING AND WE SHALL ALL DESTROY PARLIAMENT AND THROW AWAY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE MILITARY WILL TAKE OVER SO THAT ALL POLITICAL PARTIES WILL BE DISSOLVED. NDC DARE NOT! ELSE YOU WILL REGRET PAINFULLY.... SOME OF US ARE WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOU WILL SEE IF YOU WILL BE CALL AN MP AGAIN.... DARE AND WE SHALL HELP YOU DESTROY GHANA AFTER THAT HAIL YOU AT THE ICC.

FOOLISH USELESS MAGGOT POLITICIAN....WHAT HAPPENED IN 1979 & LIBERIA WILL BE A COMBO TO THIS USELESS NATIONAL DESTROYERS CRIMINALS NDC.... STUPID STATEMENT FROM A STUPID AYARIGA.... RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT RULING, THAT'S ALL... GYIMI GYIMI NORTHERNERS.... TRY A NONSENSE AND THAT'S THE END OF YOUR USELESS CRIMINAL CAREER.... ABUA NDC
Now Now 2 years ago

Were the people of Assign North not entitled to representation through Gyakye Quayson?
Did the Supreme Court, that stripped Honorable Gyakye Quayson and the people of Assin North of representation, act swiftly to restore the ...
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Were the people of Assign North not entitled to representation through Gyakye Quayson?
Did the Supreme Court, that stripped Honorable Gyakye Quayson and the people of Assin North of representation, act swiftly to restore their rights?
A Supreme Court that assumed ORIGINAL JURISDICTION in a case that it had not.
Whenever the Supreme Court assumes ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, it is denying the RIGHT OF APPEAL
ray 2 years ago

Go and campaign and stop making these needless pronouncements. Polls are won at the polling station. You dont win an election by such techicalities." Enter the ring and fight". This election is about issues. The electorate c ...
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Go and campaign and stop making these needless pronouncements. Polls are won at the polling station. You dont win an election by such techicalities." Enter the ring and fight". This election is about issues. The electorate comprise of independents(floating voters).The intervention by the constitutional court is very necessary.This country could have been thrown into a state of total confusion.The decision of the speaker smacks of partisanship.
ray 2 years ago

NDC is loosing its support base due to pronouncements such as these.Go and campaign

NDC is loosing its support base due to pronouncements such as these.Go and campaign
John k 2 years ago

NDC MPs talk too much do they think NPP MPs are going to sleep there If the speaker likes he can go to ECOWAS court

NDC MPs talk too much do they think NPP MPs are going to sleep there If the speaker likes he can go to ECOWAS court
Papa Sei 2 years ago

Gyimii saaaaa

Gyimii saaaaa

Addo 2 years ago

In this case, it seems the Supreme Court is right in asking the Speaker to allow the MPs to continue working, as their decision to contest future elections as independent candidates does not constitute leaving their party wit ...
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In this case, it seems the Supreme Court is right in asking the Speaker to allow the MPs to continue working, as their decision to contest future elections as independent candidates does not constitute leaving their party within the current parliamentary term ¹. The Speaker's role is to uphold parliamentary independence and democracy, adhering strictly to the constitutional framework.
Some Lawyer 2 years ago

Too many idiots in Ghana. What can the primitive NDC do? Challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court and this primitive behavior NDC

Too many idiots in Ghana. What can the primitive NDC do? Challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court and this primitive behavior NDC
Opoku Amsterdam 2 years ago

Is the buga buga Ndc party going to defy the Supreme Court? Let's wait and see.

Is the buga buga Ndc party going to defy the Supreme Court? Let's wait and see.
JACOB 2 years ago

in which country was supreme court ruling ever debated

in which country was supreme court ruling ever debated
Achakanapaya 2 years ago

Yes there is going to be a Showdown in Parliament.
Akuffo Addo is dictator, wicked Nation wrecker.

Yes there is going to be a Showdown in Parliament.
Akuffo Addo is dictator, wicked Nation wrecker.
Frimpo 2 years ago

See this nutter

See this nutter
Dadekro 2 years ago

Ayariga is a northerner. Is it any wonder that when the NDC wants people to perpetrate acts of violence or when the NDC wants people to go and die or do any dirty work for the party, it heads north. If a beneficiary of free e ...
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Ayariga is a northerner. Is it any wonder that when the NDC wants people to perpetrate acts of violence or when the NDC wants people to go and die or do any dirty work for the party, it heads north. If a beneficiary of free education who has risen through politics to Parliament can reason this way then can the NDC be faulted for considering northern youth as people whose lives are expendable for the course of the party?
Dadekro 2 years ago

... expendable for the cause of the party...

... expendable for the cause of the party...
Frimpo 2 years ago

Nonsense Democratic Party !!! . You guys should try anything stupid on Tuesday and we shall release the military on you. Nkwasia fuor party

Nonsense Democratic Party !!! . You guys should try anything stupid on Tuesday and we shall release the military on you. Nkwasia fuor party
Whiteman 2 years ago

I support you Hon Ayariga. Npp thinks Ghana belongs to them. If that's the case all NDC mps should boycott parliament including the speaker till after election. To hell with Akuffo Addo n Npp

I support you Hon Ayariga. Npp thinks Ghana belongs to them. If that's the case all NDC mps should boycott parliament including the speaker till after election. To hell with Akuffo Addo n Npp

Yaw 2 years ago

Northern MPs are too stupid and have cow infested minds. I blame Nkrumah for making the north part of Ghana

Northern MPs are too stupid and have cow infested minds. I blame Nkrumah for making the north part of Ghana
Hahahaaaa 2 years ago

Hon. Minta Akando should sit on Ursula Owusu's seat again

Hon. Minta Akando should sit on Ursula Owusu's seat again
XYZ 2 years ago

So guys, if I write to my party informing them of my resignation from the party effective 25 December and copied parliament, are you guys saying the speaker has the right to declare my seat vacant because I have an intention ...
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So guys, if I write to my party informing them of my resignation from the party effective 25 December and copied parliament, are you guys saying the speaker has the right to declare my seat vacant because I have an intention of resigning from my party? Then where is my right in the constitution
Enyo 2 years ago

Not to worry, we shall see. You think this is Bawku!!

Not to worry, we shall see. You think this is Bawku!!
BULLET 2 years ago

The Parliament makes laws, the Excecutive implements and Supreme Court interprets whenever it boarders with the Constitution, though each is independent but the Supreme Court been the interpretor has the oversight powers to D ...
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The Parliament makes laws, the Excecutive implements and Supreme Court interprets whenever it boarders with the Constitution, though each is independent but the Supreme Court been the interpretor has the oversight powers to DIRECT or REDIRECT any of the arms as far as it falls under the Constitution. Let's see PATAPAA and the LAW who wins on Tuesday. In any case the military action is in waiting, luckily for our parliamentarians they can't be treated like demonstrators if not I bet some of them would curse that day.
Frank Nii Boye 1 year ago

Hon Ayariga are people not growing up. Now you as parliamentarians refuse to obey the law next time if any body run you people down with unparliamentary words would have the audacity to sermon such one before your privilege c ...
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Hon Ayariga are people not growing up. Now you as parliamentarians refuse to obey the law next time if any body run you people down with unparliamentary words would have the audacity to sermon such one before your privilege committee?

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