{"id":16762,"date":"2024-07-17T07:26:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T07:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=16762"},"modified":"2024-07-17T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T07:26:36","slug":"im-unaware-of-l-i-granting-mps-use-of-sirens-speaker-bagbin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=16762","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Unaware of L.I. 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I contacted my directors, and they confirmed that no such L.I. had been presented. As the Speaker, I am responsible for admitting these matters, and sometimes they may overrule me, but I have not seen any such L.I.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI later learned that it was claimed Parliament was amending a regulation. However, we do not have the power to amend regulations according to the constitution. Therefore, it cannot be true because Parliament doesn\u2019t have that authority. In fact, this power is delegated to other bodies,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He however charged members of the public to disregard it, as parliament has no such powers to amend an L.I whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16746\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wpid-sirens0-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: felix Nyaaba\/\/expressnewsghana.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of Ghana\u2019s Parliament, Rt Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has denied any knowledge of a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) before the House that seeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019m Unaware of L.I. 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