The ruling by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, rejecting the motion for the approval of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been described by the Majority Caucus as unconstitutional, illegal and void.
The Minister Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has said that the burning of excavators in the fight against illegal mining (galamsey) in water bodies and forest reserves, is legally justifiable since it falls within the remit of the 1992 Constitution of the country.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has cautioned the country’s lawmakers that under no circumstances could they evade service of court when the legislature is not in Session.
