The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed worry over what it says is palpable ”palpable judicial bias” in concerns over how the Chief Justice has scheduled political cases.
This follows the Supreme Court fixing Wednesday, March 27, 2024, to hear a writ filed by a Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor at the Supreme Court.
The Legislator is asking the Supreme Court to restrain the Speaker of Parliament and the Chamber from vetting and approving some ministers of State referred to the House for consideration and appointments.
A statement signed by the General Secretary of the NDC Fifi Kwetey, said the party finds it interesting the decision of the Apex Court to hear the Dafeamekpor case ahead of the case of Richard Dela Sky v. the Parliament of Ghana and the Attorney-General.
“It is interesting to note, that Richard Dela Sky filed his writ of summons in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024, on the 5th of March 2024. This was almost two (2) clear weeks before Hon. Rockson Dafeamekpor filed his writ of summons on 18th March, 2024 challenging the constitutionality of the latest ministerial nominations by the President.
”Given the recent political deadlock that these two legal suits have created between the Executive arm and the Legislative arm of government, one would have expected that the date of filing of the cases would have informed the timing of their hearing by the apex Court.
”Yet, for some strange reasons, the case of Hon. Rockson Dafeamekpor which was last in time to be filed, has been hurriedly listed for hearing tomorrow, while that of Richard Dela Sky which predated the Dafeamekpor case by two weeks, has not been listed for hearing at all. This is in spite of the fact that, no application for abridgment of time, has been filed by any of the parties in the Dafeamekpor case.”
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Source: Kasapafmonline.com
