By: Edzorna Francis Mensah
The Minority in Parliament has described the ruling by the Supreme Court, SC, directing the House to remove one of their own as “a slap in the face of our democracy and the rule of law”.
The Minority which is yet to study the reasoning of the court in making its decision, said, “it appears to be a slap in the face of our democracy and the rule of law”.
Members of the Minority Caucus promised to inform the public of their position upon reviewing the reasoning of the Court in arriving at its decision.
They however, urged rank and file of the party to be calm while they pursue all legal avenues to ensure that justice is served.
Statement issued in Accra and signed by CASSIEL ATO FORSON (PhD) the Minority Leader : *SUPREME COURT RULING DIRECTING PARLIAMENT TO REMOVE HON. JAMES GYAKYE QUAYSON AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT* submitted that as at the time of his election, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson was not a dual citizen, neither was he a dual citizen as at the time he took the oath of office as a Member of Parliament.
According to them, the intention of the framers of Ghana’s constitution is not to allow a dual citizen to perform the functions of a Member of Parliament. It is therefore baffling that the Supreme Court could direct the removal from Parliament of such a person who has been duly elected as a Member of Parliament
The Minority Caucus said, they become aware of the “Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the nomination, election and subsequent swearing in of the Hon. James Gyakye Quayson, Member of Parliament for Assin North, as being unconstitutional and of no legal effect, and subsequently directing Parliament to expunge his name from its records”.
