The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has once again been floored in Court after he failed to stop the #FixTheCountry demonstrations.
The AG represented the Ghana Police in the case brought against the demonstrators.
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, directed that conveners of the #FixTheCountry movement can embark on a demonstration only if they use the procedures prescribed by law.
Arguing the police’s case in court on Friday, Attorney-General, Godfred Dame submitted that the E.I. 37 (impositions of COVID-19 restrictions) restricts large political gatherings and that the demonstration as intended by the organisers was to be a political gathering, Citi News reported.
A lawyer for the conveners, Tata Kosi Foliba, however, argued that the application was moot and in another vain, premature and without merit.
He also contended that there could be no larger political gathering than rallies, which government officials had discounted in earlier communications as a contributory factor to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
Justice Ruby Aryeetey, consequently, ruled that the said application, intended to prohibit, had long elapsed and could therefore not be injuncted.
She subsequently ruled that the #FixTheCountry campaigners would have to go through the necessary processes if they intended to organise another demonstration.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
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