The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, challenging the approval of new ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees.
The MP went to court to challenge the legality of the recent ministerial nominations.
He had prayed to the court to declare unconstitutional the president’s authority to appoint ministers and deputy ministers without parliamentary approval.
However, the Supreme Court dismissed Mr. Dafeamekpor’s application.
The apex court affirmed the president’s constitutional prerogative to make such appointments.
It also emerged in court that the lawyers for the South Dayi MP didn’t accept some court documents.
The documents included the notice of hearing and the Attorney General’s opposition to a temporary court order.
This came to light when the case was called on Wednesday, and the plaintiff and his lawyer were not in court.
The Chief Justice, who was leading the bench, noticed that the plaintiff’s lawyer, Nii Kpappo Addo, had told a staff member not to accept any documents from the Supreme Court.
The bailiff informed the court that he had to leave the notice of hearing and the Attorney General’s opposition to the temporary court order when the staff of the South Dayi MP’s lawyer told him about the instruction.
The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in his opinion lamented that this was disrespectful to the court.
He asked the court to hear the temporary court order application anyway.
After confirming that the documents were properly filed, the Supreme Court allowed the temporary court order application to proceed.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
