Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has vowed to restore order and discipline in the House following the chaotic scenes that erupted during the vetting of Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie on Monday, November 10, 2025.
Delivering a statement to the House on Tuesday November 11, 2025, Bagbin
apologised to the Judiciary over the incident and reaffirmed Parliament’s respect for the Judiciary as a third arm of government under the 1992 Constitution.
He stressed the need for Parliament to uphold the highest standards of mutual respect, particularly when engaging with the other arms of government.
“As Speaker, I wish to reaffirm Parliament’s unwavering respect for the Judiciary as a coequal arm of government under Article 125, Clause 1 of the 1992 Constitution, which vests the judicial power of Ghana in the Judiciary. The Judiciary is independent of control or direction from any person or authority.
“The doctrine of the separation of powers requires that all three arms of government, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, relate to one another with mutual respect and restraint,” the Speaker noted.
Why Speaker Bagbin has apologised to the Judiciary
During the vetting there was a heated confrontation between the Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin and the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga.
Tensions escalated when Afenyo-Markin described Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as a “disputed Chief Justice nominee,”.
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The Majority Leader however maintained that the vetting was not a courtroom proceeding and called on the Minority Leader to retract his statement and apologise to the nominee.
The Minority subsequently staged a walkout.
Watch the heated exchanges between the two leaders:
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