Parliament will be reconvening tomorrow to do its arranged business for the second meeting of the first session after rising for the Easter celebration.
A major issue to be considered during this session will be the bill that will create the Office of the Special Prosecutor to deal with various corruption cases.
The creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor was one of the campaign promises of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP); and already some members of the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) have registered their strong reservations about the creation of that special position.
The NDC MPs, including the former deputy Attorney General and MP for Bolgatanga East, Dr Dominic Ayine, as well as the MP for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, have said that the office is being created to witch-hunt political opponents of the NPP, but the majority NPP MPs think that the office will help reduce the incidence of corruption by making it unattractive to public office holders.
The bill is therefore expected to generate hot debate in the house.
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will also be vetting the newly appointed Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, who would be replacing Georgina Theodora Wood at the end of June.
The new Chief Justice is also expected to go through grueling vetting by the committee, chaired by the first deputy speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu.
New bills are also expected in the course of the session.
The speaker, Prof Mike Oquaye, had commended the MPs before the Easter break for their cooperation in steering the affairs of the first meeting and had also asked that MPs be punctual and regular for the consideration of business at their disposal.
Parliamentary News Africa, in collaboration with the Center for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana) is organising a review session for the first meeting of the Seventh Parliament today at the premises of CDD.
It would be attended by the leadership of parliament to take stock of the last session and look at where they fell short in the discharge of their duties.
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