He said the Parliament has to deliberate on it for a while before he can make a final decision.
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I need more time to make a decision on Adwoa Safo – Alban Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has disclosed that the decision on the embattled Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo is not one that needs to be taken in a haste.
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin
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Addressing members of the House before they went on a break, the Speaker said he would defer his decision till the House resumes sitting.
“Honourable Members, I have consulted the old lady, the old lady has given me an advise and I think that advise is correct. The issue raised by the Majority Leader is both of substantive and procedural law.
“I need time to submit to this house a reasoned, written ruling. I cannot in a haste of today, give you the ruling. In the circumstance, I will urge this House for us to call it a day”, he said.
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The Privileges Committee of Parliament recommended that Adwoa Safo’s seat should be declared vacant due to her absenteeism from the House.
The Committee maintains that Sarah Adwoa Safo failed to take advantage of the numerous opportunities to explain her absence without leave.
Hon. Adwoa Safo
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The Majority MPs on the committee cited Article 97 (1) (c) of the 1992 Constitution and the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare v the Attorney General & 3 Ors, in this regard.
Sarah Adwoa Safo, on July 17, opened up about the ordeal she is facing in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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According to her, she has become a victim of a sustained political witch-hunt by certain elements in the NPP and in Parliament for their own parochial goals.
In a Facebook post, she could not comprehend why the members of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition are refusing to protect her because being absent from her official duties albeit not intentionally.
She said "We did this on compassionate grounds because it involved Children and didn’t go round making hue and cry about her absence."
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