Parliment of Ghana was divided on the 14th of March over shoot-to-kill operations against the illegal mining also known as ‘Galamsey’ destroying our lands and river bodies.
This division rose up after the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and the First Speaker Deputy Speaker, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, suggested that the best solution to end our water bodies being destroyed by the illegal miners is to authorize the security agencies the right to ‘shoot to kill’.
Speaker Of Parliament Alban Bagbin Overruled – Supreme Court Declares Vacant Seats Unconstitutional, Orders NPP Majority Reinstated
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant was unconstitutional. This ruling, delivered by a seven-member panel led by Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkonoo, concludes weeks of legal battles over the Speaker’s decision and reaffirms the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the majority … Read more