{
  "id": 10846429,
  "title": "Bagbin Rejects Minority’s Demand For Cocaine Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/bagbin-rejects-minoritys-demand-for-cocaine-probe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T03:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/bagbin-rejects-minoritys-demand-for-cocaine-probe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has dismissed a private member's motion filed by the First Deputy Minority Whip, Habib Iddrisu, seeking a parliamentary inquiry into recent major narcotics seizures linked to Ghana. Bagbin ruled the motion inadmissible, stating that allowing it could prejudice ongoing criminal investigations and judicial proceedings. He emphasized that Parliament could still seek information from Ministers and scrutinize the performance of relevant public institutions, but cautioned against conducting a parallel fact-finding exercise that could prejudice parties to pending court cases.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Habib Iddrisu ‘very surprised’ as Speaker rejects Parliament recall motion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/habib-iddrisu-very-surprised-as-speaker-rejects-parliament-recall",
        "published": "2026-09-29T23:46:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Speaker Bagbin rejects Minority’s motion for a bipartisan probe into narcotic seizures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/speaker-bagbin-rejects-minoritys-motion-for-a-bipartisan-probe-into",
        "published": "2026-09-30T00:05:54.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}