We will obey Bagbin’s decision, not Supreme Court – Ayariga

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has indicated the National Democratic Congress MPs will go by the instructions of the Speaker.

According to him, the NDC will assume the Majority position in Parliament when the House reconvenes tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22.

Speaking to Bernard Avle, on Citi Breakfast Show, Mahama Ayariga stated that MPs are bound to act on the Speaker’s rulings, not on the Supreme Court’s stay of execution of Bagbin’s decision, which declared four parliamentary seats vacant.

The MP further argued that the NDC caucus will proceed with Bagbin’s original ruling until instructed otherwise.

“We will act according to Bagbin’s communique and until he communicates otherwise, we will go by his current decision and so if he comes and communicates to us what the court has ruled, we will act because we listen to the Speaker and not to the court,” he said.

According to him,“We are ignoring the Supreme Court because it is not supposed to interfere in our work and the constitution is clear on that so it is surprising that the Supreme Court which is the apex of the law will go ahead and rule when it should have stayed off.”

It would be recalled that the Speaker Alban Bagbin made a declaration on Thursday, October 17, that four parliamentary seats.

However, the Supreme Court on Friday October 18, issued a stay of execution against the Speaker’s decision.