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Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama has said he would have called for the vacant seat case to be moved from the Supreme Court if he were to be the president. To him, the issues can be best addressed through political means, not legal. Addressing the clergymen in Kumasi at the Great Hall, KNUST on Monday, ...

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame says the issue of the four MPs who have decided to participate in the December elections as independent candidates is not a new one in Ghana. He argues therefore that the Speaker’s declaration of their seats as vacant is an error. Speaking at the second hearing of the vacant seats case at the Supreme ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed claims that he will cancel free senior high school programme if he becomes president. He described such comments as political gimmicks. “There is no truth in that, it is just a political gimmick free SHS has come to stay,” the presidential candidate of the Nationa Democratic Congress (NDC)  said when he was addressing ...

Road infrastructure projects and other vital administrative roadworks currently under construction are set to face significant delays as workers of the Ghana Highway Authority have announced an indefinite strike, beginning Tuesday, November 12. The strike is a direct response to the government’s refusal to halt the implementation of the controversial National Roads Authority Act, 2024 (Act 1118). At the heart ...

Amenfi Central NDC parliamentary candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, is cleared to contest in the December 7 general elections after the Sekondi High Court’s commercial division, presided over by Justice Gyan Konto, vacated the injunction against her. This ruling comes after a series of allegations questioned her eligibility. The court’s decision allows her name and picture to appear on the Electoral ...

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday November 12, 2024 deliver its landmark judgement on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. The court on Monday, November 11, 2024 postponed judgement to Tuesday after lawyers for Alban Bagbin were absent in court. “I quote the judgement of this matter will be delivered tomorrow, November 12, ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has made it clear that he will never sit in the seat of the Minority Leader due to what he describes as spiritual reasons. With just three weeks left to the December general election, Afenyo-Markin asserted that it would be unwise and symbolically improper for him to occupy that seat. According to ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has failed to submit a statement of case in the Supreme Court regarding the legal dispute over vacant parliamentary seats. There was a notable absence of representation from the Speaker’s side in court proceedings on Monday, November 11. The case involves the eligibility of certain Members of Parliament to retain their seats after declaring ...

The Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Searchlight, Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, has formally requested that President Nana Akufo-Addo dismiss Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng from office. He alleges serious breaches of conduct, including violations of his oaths of office and secrecy. In an October 18, 2024 letter, Kuranchie argued that Agyebeng’s actions meet the criteria for removal outlined in Section 15.(1) of the ...

The Supreme Court will today, November 11, 2024 deliver its landmark judgement on the controversial declaration of four vacant seats by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. 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.   Source:3news.com Share on: ...