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The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu was spotted in Parliament a day after failing to show up in court for the second time.
The lawmaker was supposed to have appeared before the Kaneshie District Court 1 on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 but failed to do so.[ads2]
But according to a letter signed by the Deputy Clerk of Parliament, Eric Owusu Mensah on November 10, and addressed to the Registrar of the Court noted in response to the hearing notice that Mr. Sosu was still on Parliamentary duty, and out of the jurisdiction.
“Francis-Xavier Sosu is attending at the proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament which commenced on Tuesday 26th November 2021, and is also currently representing Parliament and the country in a conference in the United States of America”, this was contained in the letter read by the Court Clerk.[ads3]
According to the letter, the Speaker Bagbin is “unable to bring the service to the attention of the Member of Parliament as requested” and the case has subsequently been adjourned to November 26, 2021.
Francis Xavier-Sosu is in court after he led a demonstration in which the police contend included some unlawful acts, hence the attempt to arrest the MP.[ads4]
The Madina MP has said police manhandled him on the day of the protest, and this led to the lawmaker filing a complaint in Parliament against two police officers..
It is quite unclear whether the lawmaker has finally returned from the parliamentary duty and will show up in court on November 26.[ads5]
