Court to hear Ghana Bar Association challenge of justice appointments

stacey

March 2, 2016 11:10 AM

The date has been set to hear the outcome of the GBA writ at the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify the nomination and subsequent confirmation of Justices Yaw Apau and Gabriel Pwamang as justices of the highest court.

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The Ghana Supreme Court has set the date to deliver its judgment in the suit where the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is challenging the mode of appointment of two Supreme Court justices by president John Mahama.

The GBA led by two former presidents, Nene Amegatse and Frank Bechem, filed the writ at the Supreme Court in 2015 seeking to nullify the nomination and subsequent confirmation of Justices Yaw Apau and Gabriel Pwamang as justices of the highest court.

According to them, the president in his appointment of the superior justices breached some vital procedures in the appointment and confirmation process.

The judgment of the court will also determine the outcome of a similar case by Citi FM journalist Richard Sky and Professor Kwaku Danso whose cases were consolidated with that of the GBA.

Sky filed a writ to Supreme Court over the appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC). Sky requested that the court interpret certain provisions of the 1992 Constitution in relation to the appointment of an Electoral Commissioner.

The judgement will be heard on May 26, 2016.

stacey