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The Convention People’s Party’s Youth Organizer, James Kwabena Bomfeh, may have no strong grounds to pursue his suit against Ghana's Parliament over the STX housing deal after the House addressed the major points of his concerns, and actually initiated a debate on the contract.
Mr Bomfeh affectionately called Kabila had Monday filed a writ at the Supreme Court seeking an interpretation of the constitution on international transactions such as the Government of Ghana - STX agreement, which he says does not comply with Article 181 of the constitution, particularly Clauses 2 and 5.
He also believes the amendments to the Suppliers Credit Agreement for the deal also falls under the purview of the same provisions, on the basis of which he wanted the Court to declare the deal null and void because they were not properly brought before parliament.
He told Myjoyonline.com that the Speaker had duly been served with the writ and did not therefore expect the House to debate the matter until the Supreme Court cleared the suit.
But Joy FM’s Parliamentary correspondent Sammy Darko says two major components of his suit – the Off-taker and Joint Venture agreements – were finally included in the new report that was presented to Parliament for debate on Tuesday evening.
A law lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kofi Abotsi told Joy FM’s Top Story hosted by Sampson Lardi Ayenini that the suit by Kwabena Bomfeh is unlikely to travel far.
He based his argument on the fact that since the fundamental challenges in the writ that were filed have been rectified by Parliament, the court would, therefore, “not engage in an act of futility”.
“The court actually may still sit but may declare the matter moot because the challenged conduct has been rectified and therefore there is really nothing to decide.”
But Mr Bomfeh insists on pursuing the matter to get other issues he raised cleared, adding that he would wait patiently to allow the legal process to go through.
He said the mere fact that some changes have been made to the initial agreement is a relief that “the chickens are coming home to roost”.
Story by Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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