Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye will be sworn in as the acting President of the country on Sunday.
The decision to swear in the Speaker of Parliament comes after news broke that the Vice President, Dr Bawumia had left the country for the UK on medical leave.
A statement issued by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu on Friday on the emergency recall of the House said the event will take place in Parliament at 2:30 pm.
Per the 1992 constitution, the Speaker of Parliament must be sworn in in the absence of the President and Vice President.
It is uncertain where exactly President Akufo Addo will be travelling to on Sunday, but unconfirmed reports suggest he will be in Liberia at the swearing-in ceremony of Goerge Weah's President-elect of Liberia.Â
Read the statement below:
RECALL OF PARLIAMENT
In exercise of the power conferred on the Speaker by order 42 (3) of the standing orders of the Parliament of Ghana, I, Honourable Joseph Osei-Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, pursuant to order 13(2) do hereby summon Parliament to sit on Sunday, 21st January, 2018 at half past two o’clock in the afternoon at Parliament House, Accra for the swearing in of the Right Honourable Speaker as Acting President of the Republic in accordance with article 60(11) and (12) of the 1992 Constitution.
Date in the Office of the Speaker of Parliament,
Accra, Ghana,
Friday, 19th January, 2018.
Hon. Joseph Osei-Owusu
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