Minority chief whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has filed a motion challenging the speaker’s decision to refer three members of parliament to privileges committee in parliament.

In a memo , signed by Hon Muntaka on Tuesday, advocates for the cancellation of speaker, Bagbin’s decision . The three are; the Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo; Ayawaso Central MP, Henry Quartey and Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong.

On Tuesday , speaker Bagbin referred the three MP’s to the committee for absenting themselves from parliament for over 15 days. This comes after the erstwhile MP for Kumbungu petitioned the speaker to speak on the issue of absenteeism in the house.

The speaker, Alban Bagbin explained the absence of the MPs is in breach of Order 17(1) of the Standing Orders of Parliament and Article 97 (1) (c) of the Constitution.

However the Asawaase MP disagreed with the speakers decision and called on the unanimous of the house to oppose the speakers decision to refer the three MPs to privileges committee.

“It is on this basis that I call on all of us to resist the attempt by Mr. Speaker to refer our colleagues to the Privileges Committee and if there is a justification, let us get one of us, as Member of Parliament, who is convinced that our colleagues need to do that and not allow Speaker to do this…if we allow this to stand, it will become precedent and tomorrow it may hurt each one of us,” he said.

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