The Supreme Court has, by a 4–1 majority decision, dismissed a case filed by the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES) that sought to reverse President Mahama’s suspension of the Chief Justice and halt the work of the committee set up to consider her possible removal from office. The five-member panel comprised Justices Paul Baffoe-Bonnie (Presiding), Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, Yonny Kulendi, Henry Anthony Kwofie, and Yaw Asare Darko. Justice Yaw Asare Darko was the sole dissenter in the ruling.
CenCES had argued that the President’s action violated constitutional provisions and sought an order to invalidate both the suspension and the ongoing proceedings by the committee of inquiry. However, the apex court upheld the President’s decision, allowing the committee’s work to continue.
The action of the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), a Ghanaian company limited by guarantee, was instituted against the Attorney General (1st Defendant), Her Ladyship, Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo (2nd Defendant), and His Lordship Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, a Justice of the Supreme Court and chairman of the presidential investigative committee established by the President (3rd Defendant).
Source: Myjoyonline.com
