Who wears the robe? Election of Speaker of the 8th Parliament, What to Look out For By Ras Mubarak, MP DEC 27, 2020 The position of Speaker of Ghana's Parliament as I know it, historically, has been reserved for persons above 60, except on two occasions when Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, the fourth speaker of the first republic and Edward Doe Adjaho, the fifth speaker of the fourth republic were elected to the position respectively. By convention, it has also gone to persons with a law background, though not a prerequisite. And I shall come to the reason why lawyers have always been favored.