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Speaker has no right to suspend MPs

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Former Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has questioned the legitimacy of the Speaker of Parliament’s, Alban Bagbin’s decision to suspend Members of Parliament (MPs), stating that neither the Constitution nor the Standing Orders provide the Speaker with the authority to enforce such measures.
In an interview on Newsfile on JoyNews, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu acknowledged that the Speaker acted within the framework of Order 342 of the new Standing Orders by referring allegations of misconduct by MPs at the Appointments

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