Vacant seats case: We expect Bagbin to respect Supreme Court verdict – Afenyo-Markin

Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin should comply with the final ruling by the Supreme Court on the controversial declaration of four seats vacant.

The Apex court on Tuesday, November 11, 2024 with a 5-2 majority decision upheld Afenyo-Markin’s suit against the Speaker after his declaration of four vacant seats.

The apex court said the full reasons will be made available tomorrow Wednesday, November 13.

The Effutu MP sought the court to declare as unconstitutional Bagbin’s declaration of four seats vacant.

Addressing the media after the ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, he said the verdict reflects the supremacy and victory of the constitution.

“We expect Speaker to respect outcome of this case.

“All we have is the peace and democracy of this country…. it’s a matter of constitutional interpretation not NPP and NDC and we should all respect it,” he noted.

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.

The case has now been brought to finality as the Apex Court has ruled that Bagbin’s declaration was unconstitutional.

Source:onuaonline.com