Just to start off the year, newly elected parliamentarians were present in parliament to elect the Speaker of Parliament as per the constitution of Ghana. A collage of the events of Ghana's 8th parliament in its first year Photo credit: Ghanaweb.comSource: UGCElection of SpeakerMembers of parliament of the opposition, National Democratic Congres. The showdown started on the eve of the inauguration of the 8th parliament led to such a messy fight as Muntaka Mubarak was seen going in hard on Ahenkorah for his wrong act. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin was then sworn in as the speaker of the 8th parliament of the fourth republic. Despite all these misunderstandings and bizarre moments that were witnessed in the first year of the 8th parliament, it is fair to say the various members of parliament ought to do better.