The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit made by South Dayi MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor to challenge the appointment of new ministerial and deputy ministerial candidates.
Mr. Dafeamekpor’s complaint concerned the validity of recent ministerial nominees. He petitioned the Supreme Court to declare unlawful the President’s ability to designate ministers and deputy ministers without parliamentary consent.
However, the Supreme Court denied Mr. Dafeamekpor plea, upholding the President’s constitutional authority to make such nominations.
At the same time, it was disclosed in court that the lawyers for the South Dayi MP refused to accept some court papers. These included a notice of hearing and the Attorney General’s objection to a temporary court order.
This was revealed when the case was called on Wednesday, when neither the plaintiff nor his counsel appeared in court.
The Chief Justice, who presided over the bench, observed that the plaintiff’s lawyer, Nii Kpappo Addo, had instructed a staff member not to take any papers from the Supreme Court.
When the South Dayi MP’s lawyer’s staff informed him of the directive, the bailiff swore that he was required to leave the notice of hearing and the Attorney General’s resistance to the interim court order.
The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, claimed this was insulting to the court. He requested the court to entertain the temporary court order application nevertheless.
After ensuring that the required documents had been correctly filed, the Supreme Court granted the interim court order application.
