The Attorney General has filed an application to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in the injunction preventing Hohoe MP-elect Peter Amewu from being sworn in as lawmaker in the 8th Parliament.
The AG is asking the Supreme Court to quash the orders of the High Court, Ho, given 23rd December, placing an injunction against the Hohoe MP-elect.
The AG is also seeking an order to prohibit the High Court of Justice George Boadi, from further hearing or conducting proceedings in the said suit. The AG contends that the High Court has no jurisdiction under Article 33 of the Constitution to entertain a matter in the nature of a parliamentary election petition and to grant any relief(s), interim, interlocutors, or final, available in a parliamentary election commenced under Article 99 and Section 16 of PNDCL 284, Representation of the People’s Law.
The NDC candidate sued over the exclusion of some communities in the parliamentary polls in the area which saw her losing to the Energy Minister. The AG joined in the suit.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh