Bagbin Prays And Wishes For Another Hung Parliament In Future To Strengthen Ghana’s Parliamentary Democracy

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has prayed Ghana gets another hung parliament in future, which he thinks is best for the country’s parliamentary democracy.

Regardless of the alleged adversity of the hung parliament on government business as indicated by the current government, Hon. Alban Bagbin says it is the best to drive the parliamentary democracy to the desired destination.

The longest serving member of parliament said these word at the launch of the Democracy Cup to celebrate 30 years of uninterrupted parliamentary democracy Thursday, June 13, 2024.

“But I must say that I’m proud to be part of this process of building the Parliament of Ghana from 1993, which has no doubt contributed significantly to enabling me to assume the onerous responsibility as Speaker of the first ever hung Parliament in Ghana.

He added that this hung parliament is very unique in the history of the Ghanaian parliament, and it ensures intense considerations of sensitive issues before given the nod. He further added that it is not like the usual parliament where the majority always carries the day without anything so challenging the minority could possibly do.

“You can’t compare this Parliament to the others. This is a completely new game. Even if it happens, we have now repositioned ourselves to be able to handle it better. We are applying rules that were for a majoritarian system. You have to vote, and the majority will carry the day. So those rules were for that,” he shared.

“Now we are running a Parliament where there is no majority. So you can’t apply those rules again. You have a Parliament that was seen as just part of public service, government agency. You’ve been told that these are our illustrious presidents, all happened to our past in my hands. And so there’s no way that anybody can push me aside and make Parliament an agent of government. It won’t happen when I’m alive,” the Speaker stated.