
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says Parliament will never succumb to pressure in the passage of bills and other legislative work.
While acknowledging that the country’s overreliance on donor support makes it susceptible to the beck and call of the supporter, Parliament maintains its independence at all times.
Mr. Bagbin made these comments when he engaged civil society organisations and the media in Accra.
Citing the Affirmative Action Bill as an example, he said its passage hinges on proper engagement with stakeholders and so cannot be rushed through.
He said that in order for Parliament to get to the doorsteps of the people, it is working on building permanent constituencies and regional offices.
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In other news, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has revealed that his official bungalow was almost sold off to a private developer.
Speaking at the Speaker’s Breakfast Forum held this morning at Alisa Hotel, Accra, he stated that the property had been given away to a private developer without his prior notice.
Refraining from naming the private developer or who had made the transfer, he said the property would have been re-registered to the private developers had the Lands Commission not identified the building.
At the same event he declared that Ghana’s Parliament will not kowtow to the whims and caprices of the International Monetary Fund.
According to him, the Bretton-Woods Institution had directed that Parliament pass the Affirmative Action bill through a certificate of urgency.
But Alban Bagbin said the bill is too important to be rushed through Parliament and has warned the IMF against interfering in the legislature’s business.
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“Many of you don’t know that even the residence of the speaker was almost sold to private sector. Actually it was given out, it is when they went to register that land’s commission identified that that is the residence of the speaker. Luckily I was inside so it was safe,” he said.
