NEWSWhy Supreme Court Throws Out Speaker Bagbin’s Application

Why Supreme Court Throws Out Speaker Bagbin’s Application

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The Supreme Court has thrown out the application from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, in the matter of the vacation of some four seats in Parliament.Reading the ruling of the 5-member Supreme Court panel, Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, said that contrary to other assertions that it does not have jurisdiction over such a matter, it rather does.She added that any person who does not go by order of the Supreme Court has committed a crime.The CJ also said that the Supreme Court did no wrong in exercising its discretionary power in the matter before it.She also indicated that the Speaker of Parliament’s interpretation of Article 97 was not just against 4 Members of Parliament, but tens of thousands of Ghanaians.

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Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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