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Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow AssafuahThe Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has responded to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his exertion for an injunction seeking to halt the removal process of Chief Justice Gertrude Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
The apex court, successful a 3–2 bulk determination delivered connected Tuesday, 6th May, rejected the application. The afloat judgement is expected to beryllium released connected 21st May 2025.
Speaking to journalists aft the ruling, Mr Assafuah expressed disagreement with the determination but said his ineligible squad would await the Court’s elaborate reasoning earlier determining their adjacent steps.
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The Supreme Court has spoken. On the 21st of May, we volition person the afloat reasoning down the ruling, and from there, we volition beryllium successful a amended presumption to determine our adjacent people of action.
I don’t judge this is the extremity of the road. A 3–2 ruling suggests that adjacent wrong the Supreme Court, determination was immoderate merit seen successful the arguments we made.
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Details of the Ruling
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The five-member panel of the Supreme Court comprised Justices Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Amadu Tanko, and Yonny Kulendi, who formed the majority, with Justices Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and Ernest Gaewu dissenting.
During the proceedings, counsel for the applicant, erstwhile Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, objected to the inclusion of Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, connected the panel, citing a imaginable struggle of interest. The panel, however, dismissed the objection arsenic lacking merit.
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The Court ruled that the objection was unsubstantiated and affirmed its committedness to a just and impartial judicial process.
Mr Dame, reacting to the ruling, expressed reservations implicit the determination to clasp Justice Baffoe-Bonnie connected the panel, describing it arsenic “incongruous” fixed the quality of the case.
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