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[QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 24400, member: 2262"]
A top legal expert has urged Ghana's Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin to lift his ban on four lawmakers.

Constitutional lawyer Kwame Adofo said Tuesday the suspensions must end. "He has to rescind, he has to redraw," Adofo told ABC Midday News. He claimed the Speaker failed to give the MPs a fair hearing.

Opposition members rallied at Parliament today against the two-week ban. They wore red and black clothes and sang protest songs. The group said they will not join a probe into recent chaos unless Bagbin ends the suspensions.

The Speaker punished the lawmakers after a fight broke out at ministerial vetting on January 30. The banned MPs include Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, Jerry Ahmed Shaib from the NPP, and Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor.

Critics call the move "selective justice" that breaks Ghana's Constitution. They point to Article 19(1), which promises fair hearings. Adofo warned the Speaker's action hurts Parliament's freedom.

Security remains tight at the legislative building as both sides wait for Bagbin's response to the growing pressure.
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