Former Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has wondered the legitimacy and procedural foundation of a letter despatched by means of the Parliamentary Service to the Electoral Commission (EC) mentioning the Kpandai Parliamentary seat vacant.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Wednesday, December 10, he argued that the motion contradicts established parliamentary observe and raises considerations about inconsistent software of process.

The dispute was once sparked by means of a letter issued to the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa. Signed by means of the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the correspondence purported to verify a emptiness within the Kpandai seat, following a High Court ruling ordering a re-run of the 2024 Parliamentary Election.

The verbal exchange prompted the executive processes anticipated to result in a by-election.

However, the Minority Caucus has demanded that Parliament withdraw the letter in an instant, describing it as illegal and procedurally unsuitable. They contend that the Clerk acted with out correct authorisation and in breach of parliamentary norms.

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu echoed those considerations, recalling the commonly cited Gyakye Quayson case as some degree of comparability.

He famous that during that example, the Speaker of Parliament insisted that any verbal exchange from the courts when it comes to a sitting MP should be directed on the Speaker, no longer the Clerk.

“In the Gyakye Quayson case, when communication from the court came through the Clerk, the Speaker indicated that because the matter related to a Member of Parliament, it was not within the Clerk’s jurisdiction. The Speaker was responsible,” he defined.

“The Clerk was therefore directed not to receive the court’s letter; it was sent back, and the Speaker was substituted. So, what has changed today, that service directed at the Clerk now holds? And it is the same Speaker who remains in charge of Parliament.”

He additional argued that the Speaker have been wary within the Gyakye Quayson topic, particularly after legal professionals indicated their aim to attraction the ruling.

“Let me quote the Speaker’s own words,” he stated. “‘An irreparable damage will be done to Gyakye Quayson if Parliament rushed to communicate the decision of the court to the Electoral Commission.’ So we were told to wait until all processes had been exhausted. Today, what has changed?”

The former Majority Leader insisted that it’s unheard of for a Clerk to behave on such issues independently.

“Let’s be honest with ourselves, no Clerk has ever shown initiative in a matter of this nature. It has never happened,” he stressed out.

He added, “When such communications come, the Speaker summons the leadership. We are all informed, we discuss it, a decision is taken, and only then is the Clerk instructed to write. No Clerk acts on his own. There should be no pretence about this.”

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