{"id":957,"date":"2024-11-06T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T18:15:31","slug":"bagbin-judiciary-and-executive-appearing-to-collude-in-undermining-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Bagbin: Judiciary and Executive Appearing to Collude in Undermining Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has raised alarm over what he perceives as a concerted effort by the Judiciary and Executive to undermine the authority of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press conference on Wednesday, Bagbin expressed grave concerns about growing interference and a power struggle among the arms of government. He accused both branches of government of challenging the jurisdiction and powers of Parliament, which he described as the &#8220;repository of the sovereign will of the people of Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Also: Bagbin: I Stand for the Supremacy of the Constitution, Not the Judiciary or Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/?p=954\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/?p=954\">https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/?p=954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Recent actions by the judiciary and the executive are directly undermining the essence, authority, and functioning of Parliament,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is increasingly becoming clear that the judiciary and the executive are seemingly colluding to weaken Parliament.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bagbin warned that the actions of these government branches, if left unchecked, could destabilize Ghana\u2019s democratic foundation and threaten the constitutional order. He likened the current situation to a power struggle that could diminish the authority of Parliament and undermine the nation\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Speaker\u2019s remarks followed the Supreme Court\u2019s recent intervention in the issue of four parliamentary seats that he had initially declared vacant. Bagbin contended that the court&#8217;s decision challenged Parliament&#8217;s authority over its internal matters. Reflecting on the 2020 elections, he noted that Ghanaian voters had rejected a majoritarian, winner-takes-all system, calling instead for a more inclusive, collaborative approach that promotes national interests over partisan agendas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe expectation of the voters was for a Parliament that prioritizes national interests and encourages consensus-building,\u201d Bagbin stated, stressing the importance of maintaining a Parliament that works for the collective good of the nation, not individual or partisan gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has raised alarm over what he perceives as a concerted effort by the Judiciary and Executive to undermine the authority of Parliament. In a press conference on Wednesday, Bagbin expressed grave concerns about growing interference and a power struggle among the arms of government. He accused both branches of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[251,217,94],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-bagbin","tag-ghana","tag-parliament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winsmediagh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}