Sentences with phrase «speaker of parliament»

Sekyi Hughes Loots his Bungalow Former speaker of Parliament under the NPP, Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes when leaving his official bungalow looted it empty.

In an interview with TV3's Kwakye Afreh - Nuamah, the former second deputy speaker of parliament explains that, «I am not an Nkrumahist at heart.

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu, has suggested that future Speakers of Parliament who may have to act as President be allowed to take only the Oath of Secrecy.

The Minority leader was discussing Robert Mugabe's end of presidency after Zimbabwe's speaker of parliament announced his resignation on Tuesday.

He said the first vice speaker of parliament can act as president in the absence of the President, Vice President and Speaker of Parliament.

[5] Within the liberal VVD former chair of the parliamentary party Jozias van Aartsen announced he would retire, as did his vice-chair Bibi de Vries, Frans Weisglas the current speaker of parliament, and ministers Hans Hoogervorst, Sybilla Dekker, state secretary Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Henk van Hoof.

Their top candidates are Tunne Kelam, former party leader and MEP since 2004, and Ene Ergma, a veteran former speaker of the parliament.

«However, in his testimony which was beamed live on National television and which has been widely reported in the national print media, the chairman of the Appointments Committee and first deputy speaker of parliament, Honourable Joseph Osei Wusu, mentioned our client as having told him that the bribery allegation was made up,» it added.

At the moment, Speakers of Parliament who serve as acting President in the absence of both the President and the Vice, are to take only the Oath of Office.

Exiled Tibetan lawmakers are set to hold a historic debate on the Dalai Lama's offer to shed his political role, the speaker of their parliament said Monday.

Contributing to a panel discussion on Radio Gold's Alhaji and Alhaji, Saturday, Kwesi Pratt said: «I feel sad that the speaker of parliament has gone this far at a time that he is speaker.

Former speaker of parliament, Halimah Yacob on Wednesday emerged as Singapore's eighth president after a «walkover» election that saw no other contenders run for the position.

She continued: «In the bid to address the issue of the membership of the advisory council in a situation where the incumbent is re-elected, the bill proposes that the advisory council shall be constituted by the president selecting two persons in addition to the speaker of parliament.»

Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has accused the speaker of parliament, Mike Oquaye of bias, engaging in «crass illegality» in ruling for the approval of Otiko Djaba to be subjected to secret balloting.

But a former first deputy speaker of parliament, Freddie Blay held a different view from the Minority Leader.

Meanwhile, the speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has ruled that the House defers sitting and vote on Otiko Djaba's approval on Tuesday, 7th February, 2017, since there has not been consensus on her approval.

He said as far as he remained the speaker of parliament, he would ensure that the people's representatives were protected and the dignity of the legislature also protected.

We would, therefore, like to use this medium to call on all women groups, the minister of Gender and Social Protection, Mrs Oye Lithur, the speaker of parliament, women's wing in parliament, all women of all political parties, Women Rev. ministers, Queen mothers and all women including that of Kennedy Agyapong, stakeholders concern to condemned in no uncertain terms the excessive use of language by the honorable member of parliament against the woman.

The Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central Constituency, Mahama Ayariga could have been expelled from Parliament if he had pursued the bribery allegations he made against some key members on the Appointments Committee despite the Speakers of Parliament's ruling on the matter.

On 13 December 2007, the speaker of the Parliament, Oliver Dulić, set the election date for 20 January 2008.

I believe it will be followed suit by several African countries, Tanzania included, to move said quarters from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, because we believe where the parliament is — I am a speaker of parliament — then the government should be there and embassies should be there too.»

Furthermore, the amount of money used to call in members of parliament each and every now and then to witness the swearing in of the speaker of parliament twice in a week when the president and vice are still alive and performing their presidential mandates in other countries is highly unnecessary.

I stand to be corrected, but I assume Doe Adjaho was in a dilemma not knowing what the Constitution meant by saying «where the president and the vice - president are both unable to perform the function of the president, the speaker of parliament shall perform those function until the president or vice president is able to perform those function or a new president assumes office as the case may be» (11).

«Where the president and the vice - president are both unable to perform the function of the president, the speaker of parliament shall perform those function until the president or vice president is able to perform those function or a new president assumes office as the case may be» (11).

The swearing in of the speaker of parliament has caused some upraise in the country and has drawn my attention to the loop holes in the constitution.

In the same vein, Article 93 clause (2) states, subject to the provision of this constitution, the legislative power of Ghana shall be vested in parliament (headed by the speaker of parliament) and shall be exercised in accordance with this constitution.

He said the deceased was the grandnephew of the former speaker of parliament, Joyce Bamford - Addo, and so parliament was affected and that it would play its part in the burial and funeral of the late soldier.

Speakers of Parliament, including U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, from G8 countries visited Hiroshima, Japan and laid flowers Tuesday at a memorial to the Hiroshima atomic bomb victims in 1945.