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Constitution is clear on Deputy Speaker’s right to vote – President Akufo-Addo
The President's comments are a reaction to a Supreme Court ruling on the matter of Deputy Speakers having the right to vote while presiding in Parliament.
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SC ruling on Deputy Speakers’ right to vote in accord with International best practices-Attorney General
“In England, it is the same. In America, it is the same. In Australia, Canada, everywhere it is the same. Even in Kenya, South Africa, it is the same."
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Speaker, MPs others not granted immunity from arrest-2 citizens file suit at SC
Deputy speaker or a Member or the Clerk to Parliament while he is about his personal affairs or ordinarily engaged in any activities in a constituency.
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Parliament approves three Supreme Court nominees
Their approval follows Parliament’s adoption of the Appointments Committee’s report recommending them for appointment to the apex court.
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Opinion
Parliamentary immunity: A ticket above the law?
The author wades into the debate on the implications of Articles 117 and 118 of the Constitution in light of recent events surrounding Madina MP, Hon. Francis-Xavier Sosu
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Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill returns to Parliament for second round
On Tuesday, February 10, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, directed the Business Committee to programme the bill for debate.
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Obstruction of an MP: Only the court can determine that or otherwise-Inusah Fuseini
“He should leave it that way, and then you encourage Members of Parliament to test the limit of contempt of Parliament in court,”
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Reform Legal Education in Ghana-2 Minority MPs submit Bill
“It is not too late to admit them because they have passed,”
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Minority rejects Torkornoo's removal, warns of threat to judicial independence
President John Dramani Mahama formally dismissed the Chief Justice on 1 September 2025, acting on the recommendation of a Committee of Inquiry established under Article 146(6) of the Constitution.
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Give PIAC prosecutorial powers- CSO rep
The committee currently relies on Parliament for enforcement, a system that has not effectively deterred the misuse of oil revenues.
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NPA to amend governing Act as sector outgrows old framework
Speaking during a visit by Parliament’s Select Committee on Energy, NPA Chief Executive Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe said the Authority has concluded that the current statute must be updated to reflect how rapidly the sector has changed since 200...
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Business
Ayariga urges Parliament to fast-track probe into collapse of UT bank, uniBank
Mahama Ayariga wants the House to be furnished with an update on the matter and urged the committee to resume work on the petition in earnest.
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Parliament has received over 124 memos on anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
The bill known as the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 has generated debates all over the country. Initiated by 20 members of Parliament, it seeks to criminalize LGBTQ+ activities and advocacy.
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Invite our comments, inputs into Bills- GBA to Speaker
This was disclosed on March 30, 2023, when a three-member delegation of the National Executives of the Association paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament.
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Invite interested parties, probe AGM-AKER deal-CSOs to Speaker of Parliament
Early this month, the Ranking Member for the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, John Abu Jinapor, issued a statement on behalf of the Minority side in parliament which read in part;
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GBA reviewing Tribunals Act for constitutional compliance
The Association’s Legal Committee, chaired by private legal practitioner Ace Anan Ankomah, is carrying out the review. GBA President Efua Ghartey said this at the Association’s conference, adding that the Bar would announce its considered p...
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Citizens Platform urges government to release full CRC report, set clear roadmap
The Citizens Platform on Constitutional Reforms said the process now requires transparency, urgency and firm political leadership.
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Review of 1992 Constitution: Committee presents report to president today
The ceremony, scheduled for 13:00 GMT, will mark the culmination of months of consultations and analysis by the eight-member body tasked with examining potential amendments to the 1992 Constitution.
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Courts
High Court to hear case challenging Customs Staff Association elections
Two officers of the Association — Joshua Edem Adzido-Doe and Prince-Henry Amanor Terkpertey — are the plaintiffs in the suit. They contend that the elections held between September 16 and 20, 2025, at the Volta Serene Hotel in Ho, were carr...
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Article 146 Committee examined 25 witnesses, reviewed nearly 10,000 pages of evidence in first petition against CJ Torkornoo
Committee Chairman, Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, revealed at the Presidency on Monday, September 1, that petitioner Daniel Ofori presented his case through 13 witnesses, while the suspended Chief Justice mounted her defence with 12 witnes...
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