Attorney-General Godfred Dame has said the Supreme Court has made an empathic determination of the case on the vacant seat saga.
The apex court has by a 5-2 Majority decision upheld the suit filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Tuesday, November 12.
The apex court said the full reasons will be made available tomorrow Wednesday, November 13.
Godfred Dame told journalists after the court ruling that he expects the Speaker to comply with the court decision.
“It is an emphatic determination of the matter by the court and I expect the speaker to comply. He is law-abiding, I have known him for a very long time, so I expect him to comply with the court decision. It was necessary that the sc came to this decision,” he said.
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.
In response, Bagbin filed an application at the apex court through his lawyer, Thaddeus Sory. The Speaker contends that the Supreme Court misapplied the law by putting on hold the execution of his ruling because it was a non-judicial decision.
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.
