The Majority in Parliament has accused the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, of depriving the president and Ghana of the able men and women who will assist him in running the Government machinery thereby torpedoing the work of the government.

This comes after Speaker Bagbin put a hold on the vetting of Ministerial nominees citing an injunction as being the reason, in order to respect the country’s rule of law.

Speaker Bagbin suspended the vetting and approval of President Nana Akufo-Addo's ministerial nominees in a tit-for-tat fight following the presidency's decision to hold on to any action on the recently passed anti-LGBTQI bill until the Supreme Court hears two interlocutory injunctions pending before the apex court on the transmission and signing of the bill.

In a long response to the presidency, Mr Bagbin told parliament on Wednesday, 20 March 2024 that the house could also not continue with the vetting and approval process since it was caught up in a similar legal tussle.

"I also bring to your attention, the receipt of a process from the Courts titled Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor vrs. The Speaker of Parliament and the Attorney-General ( uit no. J1/12/2024) which process was served on the 19th of March 2024 and an injunction motion on notice seeking to restrain the Speaker from proceeding with the vetting and approval of the names of the persons submitted by His Excellency the President until the provisions of the constitution are satisfied", Mr Bagbin announced. 

He then announced: "Members, in the light of this process, the House is unable to continue to consider the nominations of His Excellency the President in the 'spirit of upholding the rule of law' until after the determination of the application for interlocutory injunction by the Supreme Court."

But reacting to this, the Majority in a statement said: “The President was in no way being dictatorial in his communication to Parliament given the fact that the content of the letter was not binding on Mr Speaker.”

The Majority bemoaned the effect of the Speaker’s decision on the country’s economy.

 It indicated the consequences are clear that “the economy will suffer and Government business will be undermined because of the pleasure of one man.”

Also, the Majority asserted that the NDC Minority who are in a “ferbile mood to come to power are very excited and supportive of the Speaker. This is a conspiracy to sabotage the Government,” while accusing the Minority of deliberately misconstruing the letter from the Office of the President to “set an agenda to satisfy their parochial political interest.”

It stressed that the NDC “is bereft of ideas. They do not have credible alternative solutions to the problems of international dimensions facing Ghana’s economy.”

“The poverty of the NDC’s political posture is clear and obvious, and Ghanaians will not return them to power come December 2024.”