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The Member of Parliament for Effia Constituency in the Western Region, Joseph Cudjoe has said he is hoping the speaker of the 8th Parliament Alban Bagbin will betray his party NDC.
According to Hon. Cudjoe, there would be pressure from the NDC on Alban Bagbin but he is hoping the former member of Parliament for Nadowli constituency will disappoint his party.[ads2]
“Alban Bagbin deserves the top position and I must congratulate him but I was hoping my party member Mike Aaron Oquaye could have retained the position”, he said.
“Just like the way Martin Amidu disappointed us, am only hoping that Alban Bagbin will do same to the NDC, I know he is a fair-minded person but am hoping he will not contour to the pressure from his party”, Hon. Joseph Cudjoe told Angel TV.[ads3]
Mr. Alban Bagbin was elected the speaker for the 8th Parliament on Thursday morning after the dissolution of the 7th Parliament.
He was chosen by the leading opposition party, NDC to battle with NPP’s Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye (the speaker for the 7th Parliament) in a contest on Thursday.[ads4]
Meanwhile, the member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency Joseph Osei-Owusu has been elected the first deputy speaker for the 8th Parliament whiles Fomena MP Andrew Asiamah Amoako was declared the second deputy speaker.[ads5]