Asiedu Nketia orders NDC MPs to stay away from parliament until after elections

We’ve fought long and hard for a strong Parliament and for democracy, and we won’t let one person come along and weaken or undermine it.” He also urged NDC supporters to turn out in force to vote for the party’s parliamentary candidates in all 276 constituencies in the upcoming election, ensuring that the NDC secures a majority in the next Parliament.

In the wake of the ruling, Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin addressed the media, calling on the Speaker to reverse his 17th October declaration that the Agona West, Suhhum, Amenfi Central, and Fomena seats were vacant, and to restore his side’s position as the“rightful majority caucus.” However, addressing party supporters at Asasetre in the Ellembelle constituency of the Western Region, Asiedu Nketia urged NDC MPs to stand firm and reject any emergency recall over the next three weeks.

His statement follows hints from MPs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that they might push for an emergency recall of the house after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the controversy over four vacant seats.

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called on the party’s Members of Parliament (MPs) to stay away from any emergency parliamentary sittings until after the upcoming elections..

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