The Supreme Court has dismissed an interlocutory application that sought to stop the President from appointing a new Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The applicant, Fafali Nyonator, filed the application after marching to the court with a case that the removal of former EC Chairperson, Mrs Charlotte Osei, was unlawful.
According to her, the Chief Justice committee that recommended the removal of Mrs Osei violated the 1992 Constitution.
She, therefore, wanted the court to halt the President from appointing a new EC Chair until the final determination of the substantive case.
The applicant particularly wanted the court to stop the President from going ahead with the process that would confirm the appointment of Mrs Jean Mensa as the new EC Chair.
But in a ruling today(Tuesday), a seven member panel of the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the interlocutory application.
The court held that the application was not necessary because the court had the power to nullify the appointment of Mrs Jean Mensah if the substantive case succeeds.
Such powers, the court, held was grounded in Article 2 clause 2 of the 1992 Constitution.
The seven-member was presided over by Mr Justice Julius Ansah , with Mr Jones Doste, Mr Justice Anin Yeboah , Mr Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Mr Justice Sule Gbadegbe, Mrs Justice Vida Akoto Bamfo and Mr Justice Yaw Appau, as the other members
Source: Daily Graphic
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We're not surprised at all... They have loaded the courts with their cronies, why won't cases like this be thrown out ?
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Always giving unnecessary and child like response. Grow up. I will not descend to the gutterssssss with you. funny guy your NPP is in power, having security at their disposal and still calling others corrupt when they can easily arrest them, this is a clear prove that this government is uselesssssssss.
Always giving unnecessary and child like response. Grow up. I will not descend to the gutterssssss with you.
@funny that is NOT the issue. The reason we called NDC nation wreckers is that, they do not like the good of the average Ghanaian. When NPP went to court, did they stop Mahama from making his girl friends ministers and the other corrupt appointees? NO! That is the difference!
NDC will ALWAYS oppose anything and from NPP but will continue to loooooose 'saaaaaa'!
Many don't like reading, NPP guys will do themselves alot of good by reading before commenting. When NPP was going to court they were not nation wreckers, lame argument. Concerning the case this is what they said "The court held that the application was not necessary because the court had the power to nullify the appointment of Mrs Jean Mensah if the substantive case succeeds"
NATION WRECKERS NDC
First lady,then why do you bother at all to send cases to the highest court of Ghana if you know you will lose,then you are insane to send it! Ndc are damn f000**00ls, you rush to do things that are unthinkable, what is the sense in what this Fafali did ? because ndc appointed Charlotte Osei whether she is competent or not Ghanaians should accept her,what nons*nse is that? did she read the constitution of Ghana very well to understand it or out of their usual hate if not me then nobody attitude, just woke up and sent it to the Supreme Court thinking they all think like her party ndc, no wonder it was Fafali who else would have than that? mischievous human beings ! In any case, ndc ain't seen nothing yet. Nana di wo hene,k?so, Ghanafuo taa wo'akyi ! Nana enjoy your presidency, we are solidly behind you. Those who can't take it can relocate, nobody is forcing them to live in Ghana. Ghana is on course! Jean Mensah "AKWAABA"
The ruling is a confirmation of the fact that NDC decides to resort to court of public opinion when it has no strong case. Have you realized that NDC normally uses the chorus "LIES" as its defense. They have some good lawyers though yet they don't have good cases. NO ONE IN HIS/HER RIGHT SENSE WILL SUPPORT CHARLOTTE OSEI WHO CORRUPTLY BREACHED PROCUREMENT LAW. SHE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. She schooled in Kanada, and why did she not work in that country to raise that money she got from the breaches. HOW WAS SHE GOING TO RAISE THAT MONEY IN KANADA? It is only in Ghana this can be achieved and through corruption.