{"id":106167,"date":"2025-12-10T08:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106167"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:12:40","slug":"masked-disruptions-in-parliament-shameful-and-undermining-rule-of-law-mahama-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106167","title":{"rendered":"Masked disruptions in parliament shameful and undermining rule of law \u2013 Mahama Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has criticised some Minority MPs for wearing face masks and disrupting proceedings in Parliament, describing their actions as \u201ccowardly\u201d and \u201cshameful.\u201d <\/p>\n

Speaking on the AM show on Wednesday, Mahama Ayariga said such behaviour undermines the dignity of the House and the country\u2019s commitment to the rule of law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the country of the rule of law. We believe in the rule of law,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy are you wearing face masks and disrupting parliamentary proceedings? This is very, very shameful\u2026 that you wear face masks and come into the chamber as faceless people and be rude.\u201d<\/p>\n

He questioned why MPs who claim to be acting on principle would conceal their identities in the chamber, insisting that those convinced of their stance should have no reason to hide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have the courage of conviction of what you are doing, and you are convinced you are right, why wear face masks and be rowdy in Parliament?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Mahama Ayariga\u2019s comments come after parliamentary business was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday when Minority MPs demanded that the House be adjourned. <\/p>\n

This followed Speaker Alban Bagbin\u2019s decision to defer his ruling on the disputed Kpandai parliamentary seat.<\/p>\n

Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh argued that no government business should proceed until the matter was resolved. But the Speaker ruled\u2014after a voice vote\u2014that sittings would continue.<\/p>\n

The Minority responded by chanting and attempting to disrupt the session, prompting a heated standoff between both sides of the House.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, tensions escalated when the Minority blocked Mahama Ayariga from responding to demands for the withdrawal of a December 4, 2025, letter from the Clerk to Parliament. <\/p>\n

The letter formally notified Electoral Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa of a vacancy in the Kpandai Constituency, following a High Court order for a rerun of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n

Mahama Ayariga maintained that disorderly conduct\u2014particularly by MPs obscuring their identities\u2014sets a dangerous precedent for Ghana\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we start allowing this, we\u2019ll be destroying the democracy,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

Parliament is expected to reconvene as leadership on both sides strategises on the next steps regarding the Kpandai rerun and the disruptions in the chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"MaskedMajority Leader Mahama Ayariga has criticised some Minority MPs for wearing face masks and disrupting proceedings in Parliament, describing their actions as \u201ccowardly\u201d and \u201cshameful.\u201d <\/p>\n

Speaking on the Joy Super Morning Show on Tuesday, Mahama Ayariga said such behaviour undermines the dignity of the House and the country\u2019s commitment to the rule of law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the country of the rule of law. We believe in the rule of law,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy are you wearing face masks and disrupting parliamentary proceedings? This is very, very shameful\u2026 that you wear face masks and come into the chamber as faceless people and be rude.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,928,265,1883,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mahama-ayariga","category-majority","category-minority","category-national","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}