The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, has expressed concern about the Supreme Court decision to stay the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant.

He noted that it is time for action to be taken against authorities over actions they consider not to be in consonance with the law.

Gyamfi asserted that the way and manner things are panning out in the political space are worrying; hence, enough is enough.

“It is time for positive defiance! Enough is enough,” he wrote on his X page in reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Meanwhile, before the ruling was delivered in court, Gyamfi commented, “The NPP minority group in Parliament, with the tacit support of the lawless Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, are currently in the Supreme Court desperately trying to secure an ex parte order of injunction against the enforcement of the declaration of the seats of four (4) MPs vacant by the Speaker of Parliament. We are keenly following the matter and will resist any attempt by these ‘cry babies’ to subvert the constitution of the land.”

Background:

On Friday, October 18, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a stay of execution on Speaker Alban Bagbin's ruling, which declared four parliamentary seats vacant.

Parliament has thus been directed to recognize and allow the affected MPs Cynthia Morrison (Agona West), Kwadjo Asante (Suhum), Peter Kwakye Ackah (Amenfi Central), and Andrew Asiamah (Fomena) to fully represent their constituencies and carry out their official duties.

The directive remains in effect, not for the 10 days initially requested by the applicants, but until the Supreme Court delivers its final ruling on the case.

The application to stay the Speaker's decision was filed by New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament, who sought the Court's intervention to halt the enforcement of the ruling that would have affected three of their colleagues and one from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The application was filed ex parte, meaning that neither Speaker Bagbin nor Parliament was joined to the case.

Read the tweets below:

IT IS TIME FOR POSITIVE DEFIANCE!
Enough is enough.

— Sammy Gyamfi (@SammyGyamfi_) October 18, 2024

The NPP minority group in Parliament, with the tacit support of the lawless Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, are currently in the Supreme Court desperately trying to secure an ex parte order of injunction against the enforcement of the declaration of the seats of four (4) MPs…

— Sammy Gyamfi (@SammyGyamfi_) October 18, 2024