Habib Iddrisu rejects argument that court cases bar Parliament from investigating drug scandal

However, the Speaker rejected the motion, relying heavily on Standing Order 101(3)(F), which restricts motions relating to matters before the courts where parliamentary action could prejudice parties to the case.“But when you read the standing orders that the Speaker quoted to rely on or heavily rely on with regard to this matter, he said, ‘Standing Order 101(3)F, which says that a motion shall relate to defined issues and not, and then the F be the subject matter of an action in which a judiciary decision is pending, in such a way as may, in the opinion of the Speaker, prejudice the interests of parties to the action.’Mr Iddrisu pointed to the Speaker’s handling of the Kpandai matter as an example of Parliament acting despite an issue being before the courts.