Vacant seats saga: SC doing fantastic job but we must bring a sense of urgency to this matter – Ato Dadzie

Private legal practitioner Nana Ato Dadzie who was Chief of Staff under the Rawlings administration, has said he was hoping that the declaration of some seats vacant by Speaker Alban Bagbin would have been dealt with expeditiously.

He noted that the Supreme Court had done a ‘fantastic job’ but some urgency should have been applied to this case.

Speaking on the Agenda show on TV3 Monday November 11, he said “Time is of the essence in this matter. Every single day that Ghana loses on this Judiciary-Parliament brouhaha, we are losing our opportunity for peace, we are losing our opportunity for a peaceful transfer of power and that is the danger we face.”

Asked by show host Beatrice Adu whether the Supreme Court was wasting his time, he answered “They are doing a fantastic job but we must all bring a sense of urgency to this matter

The Supreme Court will deliver its landmark judgement on the controversial declaration of four seats vacant 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.

Source:onuaonline.com