Haruna Iddrisu wants Majority MPs to vacate seats while contesting re-election as independent candidates

Former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that his side of the house intends to invoke Article 97 (1) (g) of the constitution to compel colleagues from the Majority side to vacate their seats as members of the house.

This comes after these four members declared their intention to seek re-election as independent candidates.

Article 97 (1) (g) states that: A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat “if he leaves the party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament to join another party or seeks to remain in Parliament as an independent member.”

Former Minister of State, Cynthia Morrison, and MP for Agona West, and two other members of Parliament from the side of the ruling party are all seeking re-election as independent candidates.

If the Minority are able to succeed in enforcing Article 97 (1)(g) it may likely affect the composition of the ruling NPP membership strength in Parliament as a Majority till fresh elections are held in those constituencies to fill the vacancies.