It certainly was a busy day today at the Supreme Court as the Apex Court sat to hear a motion filed by the Attorney General seeking to quash an injunction granted by the Ho High Court against the MP-elect for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu.
There was initial drama as counsel for the interested parties, Tsatsu Tsikata sought to get one of the Justices on the Panel, Clemence Honyenuga (JSC) to recuse himself on grounds that he had a close relationship with John Peter Amewu.
This objection by Mr Tsikata was thrown out by the court presided over by Justice Yaw Appau (JSC) after Mr Dame had argued that Mr Tsikata’s argument was not premised on sound legal principles, and had no basis in law.
On the substantive matter, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame argued before the Supreme Court that the people of Santrokofi Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi, (SALL) should have been allowed to vote in the parliamentary election on December 7, 2020.
He contended that the right constituency for the people of SALL to cast their vote was the Buem Constituency in the Oti Region and not the Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region.
However, Mr Tsikata sought to infer that Mr Dame’s argument itself was an admission that the people of SALL had been ufairly dealt with.
He also submitted that CI 128 which placed SALL in the Buem constituency was unconstitutional because it was not gazetted on the day it was laid before parliament as required by the 1992 constitution, thereby punching holes in the deputy AG’s case.
The Court, therefore, adjourned to deliver its verdict tomorrow.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com