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The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho on Monday dismissed a motion by the NPP Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Hon. Dominic Nitiwul for a parliamentary investigation into the sale of Merchant Bank to Fortiz Equity. The Speaker dismissed the motion on grounds that the matter is pending before the law court and any investigation will prejudice the case before the Court of Appeal as two arms of government cannot investigate the same matter. But Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central Constituency, Hon. Agyemang Manu believes the decision of the Rt. Hon. Speaker Doe Adjaho to throw away the motion on the unending Merchant Bank and Fortiz Equity Fund deal, was as a result of the phone call the minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Hannah Tetteh received from President John Mahama. ��..Hannah Tetteh received a phone call from the President in the full glare of Parliament; she nearly rushed to the Speaker before he (Adjaho) called for a recess. He came back into the House and subsequently threw out the motion�..this is the circumstance leading to the dismissal of the motion on the floor of Parliament�, he asserted. Speaking to Hot Fm in an interview, the NPP MP demanded to know the rationale behind the invitation of the Speaker of Parliament to the Members of the House to deliberate on the sale of the Merchant Bank to Fortiz Equity Fund as Parliament was on recess. �...the Speaker at one stage asked the person to move the motion and after halfway through the reading of the motion, the Majority Leader (Dr. Kunbuor) stood up to say that the person who moved the motion was not qualified to do so�The Speaker then calls for a recess and leaves the chamber House and later comes back to throw out the motion...why did the Speaker call us back? Why was the Order Paper prepared? Why did he ask the person to move the motion if the House doesn�t have the mandate to discuss the issue�? he quizzed. He however was of the view that Parliament has the mandate to discuss the sale of the Merchant Bank despite the fact that it is before the Court of Appeal; reiterating that Rt. Hon. Doe Adjaho is his capacity ruled on a similar case concerning the creation of additional Constituencies despite the case being before the court. He stressed that there have been seven different cases which were discussed in Parliament even though the cases were before the court; thus, insofar as the discussion does not influence the final ruling of the court, Parliament can discuss it.