Two special aides to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have descended on the speaker of Parliament for claiming his powers as head of the Legislature are so enormous that he can sack the President.
Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin had claimed at a two-day post budget workshop for parliamentarians at Ho in the Volta Region held over the weekend that where as the president cannot relieve him of his duties, he can relieve the President of his job as per the powers bestowed on him as the speaker of Parliament.
But Yussif Akbar Rohullah Khomeini and Krobea Kwabena Asante, who are all staff of the Vice President’s office, have now said it is unsurprising that Hon. Bagbin, a trained lawyer, is claiming some unseen powers for his office because he may have forgotten his law lectures due to his long years of non practice and in the political front.
For Yussif Akbar, also a lawyer, the speaker of Parliament by the laws of these country is not guaranteed the powers to sack even the minority leader of his own party let alone the President.
“Bagbin Jokes Paaa! A speaker has no power to remove the President. He has abandoned his law,” Lawyer Akbar posted on his Facebook page before quickly adding: “the speaker can’t even remove the minority leader of his party let alone the President of the Repuic! Jokes nkoaaaa!”
Just at the same time Lawyer Akbar was ridiculing the speaker for his outrageous claims another Bawumia boy was also posting on his Facebook page with same message except he backed his submission with some precedence and some pages of the constitution.
Krobea Kwabena Asante described the speaker of Parliament position as ceremonial and said the powers Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin is claiming are born out of wishful thinking. Below is a screenshot of what he posted just shortly before his fellow staff at the office of the Vice President described the speaker’s comments as jokes.
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