The Minority Caucus in Parliament has decried a serious constitutional breach following the simultaneous absence of President John Dramani Mahama, Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, and Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin from the country on Monday, May 12, 2025.
In a strongly worded statement, the group described the event as “a deliberate and calculated violation” of Article 60 of the 1992 Constitution, which mandates that in the absence of both the President and Vice President, the Speaker must be sworn in to act.
With the Speaker also unavailable and Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo under suspension, the Minority warned that Ghana was effectively left without constitutional leadership a scenario they called unacceptable.
“This is a blatant disregard for the Constitution and a direct threat to our democratic order,” the Minority’s legal counsel, John Darko, stated.
The caucus emphasized that such breaches cannot be ignored and vowed to hold the President and his Vice accountable to their oath of office.
“We shall invoke the relevant provisions of law to ensure that constitutional breaches do not go unpunished,” the statement concluded, adding that Ghana’s governance cannot operate on what they described as “executive convenience” at the expense of constitutional integrity.
