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Jan
Speaker Declares Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu As Majority Leader The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has ruled that the New Patriotic Party’s Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is the Majority Leader. Consequently, the National Democratic Congress’ Haruna Iddrisu is Minority Leader. This comes exactly one week after the Speaker declared that the NPP Caucus and the Independent MP for Fomena constituency constitute the majority group in Parliament.The declaration, however, did not settle the leadership argument as the NDC refused to be addressed as the minority in Parliament, arguing that both political parties in the 8th Parliament have an equal number of seats.Citing the…