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The Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse on Wednesday ruled that a Deputy Speaker can be counted during the formation of a quorum for Parliamentary decision-making and participate in voting while presiding over the parliamentary business.
The landmark judgement was given after private legal practitioner, Justice Abdulai, filed a case against the Attorney-General to contest the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu’s decision to count himself during a vote to approve the 2022 budget.
The verdict by the Supreme Court has left the two leading political parties – NPP, NDC, deeply divided with the Minority Leader in Parliament, saying that the ruling is likely to exacerbate the existing tension in Parliament.
Other members of the public have also expressed their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the verdict; hence the topic for discussion on today’s programme on the Probe - assesses implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
JoyNews’ Benjamin Akakpo and his hosts shed more light on the ruling and its implication tonight.
They are; Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Rasheed Draman, Member of the Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Lawyer and Law Lecturer of UPSA, Justice Abdulai and Chairperson of Constitutional Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Kwame Anyimadu-Anti.
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