The
Speaker
of
Parliament,
Alban
Bagbin,
has
denied
knowledge
of
a
Legislative
Instrument
before
the
House
seeking
to
amend
the
Road
Traffic
Regulations.
The
L.I
on
Road
Traffic
Regulations
Amendment
offers
lawmakers,
among
other
state
officials,
the
opportunity
to
use
sirens
and
be
exempted
from
speed
limits.
The
L.I.
has
received
backlash,
with
the
minority
caucus
demanding
its
immediate
withdrawal
by
the
Transport
Minister.
Alban
Bagbin,
reacting
to
the
matter
at
a
public
lecture
on
private
member
bills
at
the
University
of
Ghana,
said
Parliament
does
not
have
the
power,
as
stated
by
the
constitution,
to
amend
a
regulation.
“There
is
nothing
like
that
before
parliament,
and
so
I
thought
something
was
being
done
behind
my
back.
So,
I
started
calling
all
over,
and
all
my
directors
[and
they]
said
they
had
not
seen
anything
like
that,
and
I
have
the
responsibility
of
admitting
many
of
these
things;
sometimes
they
may
overrule
me,
but
I
haven’t
seen
any
such
LI.
“Later
on,
I
was
told
that
it
was
a
regulation
that
Parliament
was
amending.
We
don’t
amend
regulations
as
per
the
constitution.
So,
to
start,
it
cannot
be
true
because
Parliament
doesn’t
have
that
power.
In
fact,
power
has
been
relegated
to
other
bodies,”
he
stated.