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General News on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-06-05
Mahama Ayariga
Parliament on Tuesday decided that a high court in Accra, inviting Mahama Ayariga, deputy of Bawku Central, presumed tax evasion and fraud, should go to court to allow him to defend himself while continuing his parliamentary functions. .
The Chamber, referring to Article 117 of Ghana's 1992 Constitution, also called on state institutions or agencies to respect the constitutional separation of powers, although it acknowledges that No one is above the law.
President Aaron Michael Oquaye, President, made his decision after the House was suspended to allow the leaders to consult with each other and decide whether Mahama Ayariga should appear in court for tax evasion and alleged fraud.
The decision was relegated to the background and quotes from former law and jurisprudence representatives suggested that MPs could be invited to appear in court on days when the House is not sitting or is suspended.
Bawku's central legislator had asked the President to make a decision and proceed with the court summons that had been badigned to him in order to deal with the charges brought against him by the Special Prosecutor's Office.
Mr. Ayariga stated in the petition that he was willing to go to court, defend himself and prove his innocence.
The court, a commercial court, had ordered Ayariga to appear before him Tuesday by 1 pm at the latest, in order to answer charges of alleged tax invasion and abuse of power as part of the acquisition of certain ambulances by the Special Prosecutor led by Martin Amidu.
However, in the application, Mr. Ayariga described the summons as a violation of his parliamentary immunity, which led the leaders of the majority and minorities to ask the President to take a decision that is in accordance with the rule of law while protecting parliamentary immunity.
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