Vacant seat case: Supreme Court ruling should bring finality to this matter – Freddie Blay

A Former National Charman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay has said the decision of the Supreme Court on the vacant seat case should bring an end to this matter.

He described the issue as a storm in the tea cup which should not have come up if cool heads had prevailed.

Speaking on the Agenda show on TV3 Monday, November 11, he said “The court will give its ruling and that should bring finality to this storm in the teacup, it shouldn’t have been the case maybe if cool heads had remained.”

The Supreme Court will  deliver its landmark judgement on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin today Tuesday November 12

The case has ignited debates within the political arena bringing about renewed calls for a review of Ghana’s constitution and questions about the constitutional powers of the Speaker of Parliament.,

On October 17, 2024, arguing that the MPs in question had violated constitutional requirements, Bagbin declared their seats vacant. However, Afenyo-Markin filed an ex parte motion at the Supreme Court to revoke Bagbin’s declaration.

The Speaker in his reliefs prayed the court to strike out its stay of execution of his ruling on the declaration of the four seats vacant, among others.

On Wednesday, October 30, the apex court directed the Speaker to file processes by November 11. The Supreme Court on that same day dismissed the application by the Speaker to set aside its earlier ruling that stayed the execution of the Speaker’s declaration of four seats vacant.

 

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