The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed, says his constituents have asked him not to return if the House is called back.
Speaking recently during a campaign tour in the Ellembelle constituency of the Western Region, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, instructed the party’s Members of Parliament to boycott any emergency recall of the House.
Commenting on the party chairman’s directive on JoyNews’ AM Show, Mr. Murtala said his constituents “think” Mr. Nketia’s directive should be adhered to.
“I can tell you that if you were to take the position of the people of Tamale Central, overwhelmingly, they think we shouldn’t even go back to Parliament. They think we shouldn’t,” he said.
He added, “I belong to a party and I represent a constituency. I came with the decision of the party, and the people of Tamale Central overwhelmingly agreed with that viewpoint. Therefore, whatever the party decides is certainly what the majority of the people of Tamale Central would agree with.”
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the vacant seats case last week, it is uncertain when Parliament will be recalled.
The much-discussed vacant seats case arose between the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and the Majority Leader of the House, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, after the Speaker declared four seats vacant due to the decision of the MPs to run as independent candidates in the December polls.
After weeks of controversy, the court ruled by a 5-2 decision that the Speaker’s declaration could not stand.
