John Jinapor, the Deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum has praised politicians across the political divide for not unnecessarily antagonizing the nine Supreme Court Judges, despite their recent ruling in the Judgment debt cases.
According to him, it is very important to build a very strong and resilient judicial system which would be perceived as credible by all.
He further commended the two leading political parties in the country, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for not involving the Supreme Court Judges in their cross fire as they blame each other for their involvement in the creation and award of judgment debts, upon which rulings have been made.
��there is a trend we must encourage. You know they have made some rulings�Isofoton, whatever. We the politicians keep bashing ourselves. It is a good thing that we have left the Judges out of it. And for me, it is very good. Let�s continue to develop this system, let�s continue to build a very strong resilient judiciary,� he maintained.
The former Presidential spokesperson�s extolment of the political class on Metro TV, for their guided statements on the issue, so as not to draw the Supreme Court into the line of fire comes on the heels of two historic rulings which would see a return to state coffers, monies wrongfully paid to Waterville BV Holdings Company Limited and Isotofon SA in judgment debts.
In a unanimous decision by a nine-member Bench on Friday June 14, 2013, the Court ruled that Waterville Holdings was not deserving of the judgment debt award.
The Supreme Court however ordered construction firm Waterville Holdings to refund all sums paid it in the controversial GH�51 million judgment debt case to the Government of Ghana.
In a related development, the Supreme Court has also granted an application filed by Martin Amidu, former Attorney General, praying for an order for all proceedings in other lower courts in respect of judgment debt payment to Spanish firm, Isofoton, to be put on hold.
The case challenged the claim of $1.3 million by Isofoton SA as judgment debt from the Ghana government.
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