The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has declared that the New Patriotic Party Caucus in the House with Independent Candidate for the Fomena Constituency constitutes the majority group.
The declaration by the Speaker brings an end to weeks of debate between the members of the two major caucuses in Parliament on who can claim majority status.
The Fomena lawmaker who is also the 2nd Deputy Speaker on Wednesday, January 13 officially wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin informing him about his decision to associate himself with the NPP caucus in Parliament.
At the moment, both the NPP and the NDC have 137 seats each but the Independent MP’s decision to join the governing party has brought the difference to one.
The letter to the Speaker dated 13th January 2021, said “I Andrew Asiamah, an Independent Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency and now the 2nd Deputy Speaker for same Parliament do hereby declare that I shall, for purposes of transacting business in the House associate myself with the NPP caucus in the Eight Parliament.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I do hereby affirm that I shall cooperate and collaborate with the NPP Caucus in the Eight Parliament.”
