The Member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has expressed that the actions of Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin towards him on the floor of Parliament on Monday, July 22, 2024, were deeply humiliating to both him and his constituents.
He asserted that Alban Bagbin’s manner of addressing him exhibited gross disrespect towards him and his constituents.
Dr. Afriyie, who insists he was justified in his objection to the Speaker’s remarks, explained that while he is willing to endure the embarrassment, he stands firm in his belief that Alban Bagbin should not have made the comments he did during the announcement of President Akufo-Addo’s nomination of new Supreme Court justices.
Dr. Afriyie stated that he will not pursue further actions against Alban Bagbin, as he doubts such efforts would yield any significant results.
“I want to speak to the substance of the issue and not how I was treated. That is a small amount of humiliation that I’m willing to suffer. I feel humiliated and my people too were humiliated. That’s why I said that I was brought up in a palace and referenced my constituency, and he said he represented Ghana.
“I represent the people of Sefwi Wiawso, so if you humiliate their representative from speaking his opinion on a matter of procedure and process, then I will stand by it,” he said.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, ordered the removal of Kwaku Afriyie, the Member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso after he allegedly made contemptuous remarks in Parliament.
The incident occurred following the Speaker’s announcement of new Supreme Court judge nominations.
Although the microphone did not pick up the specifics of Afriyie’s comments, Speaker Bagbin found them disrespectful and subsequently instructed the MP to leave the chamber, according to the report.
“I will not entertain such disrespect. Marshal, please take him out,” the Speaker ordered.
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