{"id":22942,"date":"2025-11-28T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=22942"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:03:11","slug":"this-is-political-persecution-minority-condemns-speakers-referral-of-afenyo-markin-to-privileges-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=22942","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis Is Political Persecution!\u201d \u2014 Minority Condemns Speaker\u2019s Referral of Afenyo-Markin to Privileges Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minority Caucus has issued a strong rebuke against the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin, following his decision to refer the Minority Leader, Hon. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, to the Privileges Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They described the Speaker\u2019s ruling as \u201cthe culmination of a coordinated campaign of intimidation\u201d and \u201ca cynical, diabolical, and constitutionally perverse scheme\u201d allegedly orchestrated within Parliament.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference, the Minority Leader, Hon Patricia Appiagyei, insisted that the referral had little to do with parliamentary procedure and everything to do with \u201cthe weaponisation of standing orders\u201d aimed at silencing a \u201cfearless opposition leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alleged Plot to Remove Minority Leader from ECOWAS Delegation<\/p>\n

The Deputy Minority Leader tied her concerns to a controversial development on July 22, 2025, which occurred while the Minority Leader was reportedly unwell.<\/p>\n

She claimed that the Majority Leader, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, \u201csteadily and clandestinely\u201d moved to alter Ghana\u2019s delegation list to the ECOWAS Parliament by removing Hon. Afenyo-Markin and inserting her in his place.<\/p>\n

Non-consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n

She stressed that she \u201cwas neither consulted nor did [she] consent to this scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said on the same day, July 22, she formally notified the Speaker that she had not been consulted and warned that the move constituted \u201cprocedural impropriety\u201d that could lead to \u201cpublic embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her objections, the Deputy Leader said the Speaker reportedly transmitted a revised delegation list to the ECOWAS Parliament on July 25, 2025, excluding the Minority Leader\u2019s name and including hers.<\/p>\n

ECOWAS Response and Diplomatic Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Hon. Appiagyei, the ECOWAS Parliament formally rebuked the development. In a letter dated September 8, 2025, the ECOWAS Speaker reportedly notified Ghana\u2019s Speaker of an upcoming diplomatic mission to Accra to address what it called a \u201cflagrant violation of Article 18 of the Supplementary Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

She further argued that a subsequent letter from the Majority Leader on September 25, 2025\u2014recommending that only four nominees be sworn in\u2014amounted to an \u201cinvoluntary confession\u201d of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Hon. Appiagyei maintained that the incident had \u201chumiliated Ghana on the international stage,\u201d accusing the Speaker and Majority Leader of being the \u201carchitects of this disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defense of Afenyo-Markin\u2019s Actions<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Deputy Minority Leader defended Hon. Afenyo-Markin\u2019s decision to continue performing his duties, stating that he was constitutionally obligated to ignore the resolution seeking his removal.<\/p>\n

The Minority cited Article 18.3 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Act, which lists the only grounds on which a seat may become vacant\u2014none of which, she argued, applied to the Minority Leader.<\/p>\n

Drawing from Articles 1, 3, and 41 of Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution, she asserted, \u201cA law or resolution that violates the Constitution and an international treaty obligation is not merely defective, it is null and void. It commands no obedience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minority Leader, in refusing to acquiesce to an unconstitutional and intentionally unlawful resolution, was not being insubordinate. He was being a patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Call for Immediate Action and End to \u201cPersecution\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hon. Appiagyei characterized the Privileges Committee petition as an act of \u201cvindictive prosecution\u201d timed just one day after the Minority Leader allegedly exposed what she described as the government\u2019s attempt to influence voting for the Chief Justice nominee.<\/p>\n

The Minority Caucus issued demands for immediate withdrawal of the Privileges Committee petition, a public apology from the Speaker and Majority Leader to ECOWAS and the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n

They asked for a restoration of Hon. Afenyo-Markin\u2019s name to Ghana\u2019s ECOWAS delegation, an end to what they describe as coordinated persecution of the Minority Leader, and the prosecution of Chief Sofo-Azoka for alleged public threats of violence against the Minority Leader<\/p>\n

The Deputy Minority Leader said the incident left \u201can indelible stain on Ghana\u2019s democracy,\u201d vowing to stand firmly with Hon. Afenyo-Markin in defense of constitutionalism and the rule of law.<\/p>\n

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Source: Felix Nyaaba\/expressnewsghana.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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