The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has dismissed assertions that he engaged in an illegality during the voting process to approve the government’s three revenue bills.

According to the Speaker, his management of the situation involving the Member of Parliament for Nanton, Alhaji Mohammed Hardi Tufeirua who was involved in an accident on his way to the House was in accordance with parliamentary procedures.

The MP was transported to parliament in an ambulance following the unfortunate accident. He was later transported out of the house to seek medical attention.

According to reports, upon his arrival in the house, the Speaker directed the two whips of the House to go and confirm the situation and also ascertain whether he was of sound mind to vote.

The Alban Bagbin, therefore, insisted that nothing untoward was done in the passage of the controversial revenue bills.

He said, “members who are incapacitated shall upon reporting their incapacity to the Speaker through the Clerk shall be recorded. We have some of our members that are incapacitated and what I did was to ask the Whips to go and physically see them to assess their incapacitation and whether they are of sound mind.”

“I did not do anything untoward. I only followed the rules,” the Speaker of the house explained after the vote which saw the approval of the three revenue bills of government.