Erstwhile All People’s Congress (APC) Leader in Parliament, Hon. Mohamed Bangura, has abandoned his plans for legal recourse against the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Honourable Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu, regarding his exclusion from the delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament.

In an interview on Radio Democracy 98.1, Hon. Mohamed Bangura said he would leave his case between them to be amended by God.

He made this statement in withdrawal of his decision to seek legal redress against the Speaker of the Parliament.

It all started when the Speaker was expected to announce the names of the delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament but discovered that five legislators had already subscribed to the oath at the Community Parliament before the announcement. This list was not announced or confirmed by the plenary, resulting in the removal of Hon. Mohamed Bangura from the delegation.

Following this, Hon. Bangura initially expressed his intention to pursue legal action against the Speaker and the Acting Clerk of Parliament if appropriate measures were not taken to include him on the ECOWAS representative list. However, he has since reversed his decision and opted to accept the decision and leave the matter to divine intervention.

Hon. Bangura emphasized the reasons for which removal of persons should occur.

“The Speaker has to nominate the names in the form of a resolution and present it to Parliament, and Parliament will vote on the names. They did not say by Party as it is not by Party. As long as the names have been presented in the Well of Parliament in the form of a resolution paper and voted on, that is it,” he said in the interview.

Hon. Bangura said the first time his name was mentioned on the list was because he was called part of the list of names to go and was qualified to go to the ECOWAS Parliament but this time he was not called.

He said if the Speaker used all the wrong procedures and steps to not include him on the list of delegations to go, he had the right to seek legal redress but said when it had come to that, he would allow divine intervention to judge because his life and political career are not governed by the Speaker but God Almighty.

The MP said his decision to leave everything to God came after he had consulted his lawyers, wife, God and some people.

He also said to make it very clear that the decision was not made because of his party and that his party had no hand in that as the ECOWAS Policy made it clear in 18, 16 and 17 Standing Orders very clear and no party was mentioned.

Hon. Bangura said the Speaker sent the official list and the only thing that was mentioned on the Policy was the 30% quota for women on the list of delegates and the list must reflect the political configuration of the country.