The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, has referred the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander to the Privileges Committee of Parliament for manhandling the MP for Madina, Francis Sosu.
This comes after the Member of Parliament for Madina, Lawyer Francis Sosu cited the the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander for contempt of Parliament after the latter allegedly manhandled him during the Fix Our Roads” demonstration.
Some residents of Ayimensa, Kweiman, Danfa and La Nkwantanang in the Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, clashed with Police on Monday after the latter attempted to arrest the Member of Parliament for the area, Lawyer Francis Sosu during a demonstration to press home their demand for better roads in the area.
The stalemate lasted for about 15 minutes but the MP managed to sneak into his car to evade arrest but the determined officers pursued him to his car . Lawyer Sosu further resisted the arrest and sped off.
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The MP and the youth embarked on a “Fix Our Roads” demonstration The demonstration started from Damfa through Kweiman to the Ayi Mensah Toll both.
After the incident the lawmaker vowed to drag the the Regional Director of Operations and the Adentan Divisional Police commander to Parliament’s Privileges for contempt of court.
Addressing the issue on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday 27th October 2021 , the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, who seemed unpleased with the development, reiterated that his permission is required to arrest any member of Parliament in line of his or her Parliamentary duty.
“Even in situations of urgency, such complaints may, with Mr. Speakers prior permission, be made at a time other than that appointed for it. You can have contempt in the face of the court… you can have it hear and a member can get up and raise that issue. Its an urgent matter and you need my permission… I think the member has done the right thing I was given a written complain by the member dated October 25th 2021, the clerk to Parliament was also given a copy”, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin explained.
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