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Post criminal summons at residence of Assin-North MP – High Court orders
Prosecutors say several efforts to serve the MP with the summons, have failed and they rather asked the court to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
DL News9 February 2022
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Suit against Assin North MP prejudicial, contemptuous-Haruna Iddrisu
According to him, the issue of whether or not the MP was qualified per article 94(2)(a) of the 1992 constitution to stand as MP is a question of law pending before the court of appeal.
DL News4 February 2022
Courts
Assin North MP charged on 5 counts of forgery, perjury
The charge sheet filed at the High Court states that the MP obtained a public office as an MP by using a declaration knowingly that he did not owe allegiance to any other country but Ghana.
DL News3 February 2022
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MPs file motion for probe into death of nursing mother in ambulance
Four Minority Members of Parliament have filed a private members motion, seeking for a bi-partisan parliamentary committee to investigate the events that led to the death of a nursing mother in an ambulance in the Western Region.
DL News2 February 2022
Courts
Injuct Assin North MP –NPP to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court could however not hear the application when the case was called on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, due to failure to serve the writ and processes on the defendant.
DL News1 February 2022
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Parliamentary committee to resume public hearings on anti-gay bill
The bill, known as the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 has generated debates all over the country and beyond
DL News29 November 2021
Courts
Police attempt to arrest me unlawful: Sosu sues IGP
In the latest twist, the Member of Parliament has filed a suit at the High Court indicating that the attempt by two Police officers to publicly arrest and manhandle him amount to an act intended to impede and obstruct to the legitimate disc...
DL News17 November 2021
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We need legal solution to teenage pregnancy – MPs
Dr Aglobitse reiterated that the mission of UNFPA mission was to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled, adding that the MPs were ‘agents of change’, with so...
DL News11 November 2021
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Chieftaincy major security threat – Kan-Dapaah
“So we are hoping that this important document, after it has been adopted, will be fully implemented, and that the committee will still have a role to play so far as its implementation is concerned,”
DL News11 November 2021
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Vote of Censure: AG did no wrong – CDD
A parliamentary censure is an expression of strong disapproval or condemnation of a public officer.
DL News11 November 2021
Courts
Parliamentary Immunity: Sosu is out of the country – Speaker tells court
He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, October 25, 2021, in the Madina Constituency, directly endangering the lives of the Senior Officers and other civilians,
DL News8 November 2021
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Parliament should have invited GLC rather than issuing a resolution
Mr. Fuseini suggested that Parliament could have rather directed the Executive to provide resources to embark on the expansion of the Ghana School of Law.
DL News2 November 2021
Supreme Court News
‘Over-extension of Parliament’s Authority’: Go to the Supreme Court-Ace Ankomah
He explained that by leading the demonstrations that resulted in the blockage of the Ayi Mensah-Danfa road by protesters who were burning tyres and preventing the free flow of traffic, he was performing his parliamentary duty.
Joy Online31 October 2021
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Police, court can deal with MPs without Speaker’s prior permission-Samson Anyenini asserts
Let not any MP suggest ever again that the police or the court cannot deal with a legislator unless and until the permission of the Speaker has been procured in advance in writing. The IGP ought not to be seen encouraging this unlawful and...
SAMSON LARDY ANYENINI27 October 2021
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Hearings on anti-LGBTQI+ bill to be made public
The bill known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 has generated debates all over the country and beyond. Initiated by eight members of Parliament, it seeks to criminalize LGBTQI+ activities...
DENNISLAW NEWS26 October 2021
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Madina MP drags Adentan Police Commanders to Privileges Committee
Hon Sosu led residents in the La Nkwatanang-Madina municipality in a protest against the bad state of roads in the constituency. The protesters blocked the stretch of road within the Ayi-Mensah, Danfa and Otinibi area, leading to increased...
DENNISLAW NEWS26 October 2021
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Stop demanding money from politicians to curb corruption – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
"Requesting money from politicians especially during elections compelled them to use dubious means to recoup what they had spent"
Graphic Online21 October 2021
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Assemblies of God latest to submit memo in support of anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The Assemblies of God Ghana church is declaring open support for the passage of the bill to protect the Ghanaian values and ensure proper sexual rights for the dignity of Ghanaians.
DL News19 October 2021
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Parliament won’t disappoint Ghanaians in LGBTQI+ Bill passage— Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
We have nothing to hide because the issues are out there in the public space.
DL News13 October 2021
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We will not be intimidated to pass anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Kwame Anyimadu
“That decision that the Speaker made, I do not agree with that. If you criminalize it and a person is sentenced to prison, who’s going to feed the person, so it affects the national purse.”
DL News11 October 2021