Friday , March 29 2024

PREZ MAHAMA NEVER ERRED. . . IN APPOINTING JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT, EC Boss

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed three suits challenging the methods adopted by the President in appointing justices of the Supreme Court and the Chairperson of the Electoral commission (EC).

In a unanimous decision read by Mr Justice William Atuguba, which was later concurred in another reading by Mr. Justice Jones Dotse, the seven-member panel held that the President was not bound by the advice of bodies such as the Judicial Council and the Council of State.

It, however asserted that the President was mandated to seek such advice before making the appointments.

“The President must at all cost have this advice and if he does not have this advice, the appointment is not valid,” it said.

On the appointment of justices of the Supreme Court, the court held that although the President was not bound by the decision of the Judicial Council, he could not appoint someone not recommended by the Judicial Council as a justice of the Supreme Court.

“If the Judicial council recommends a particular person and the President does not feel obliged to appoint that person, there is no obligation on the President to have that person appointed. The only thing is that the President can also not go outside the names or lit of persons recommended to him by the body,” it held.

 

Source: Daily Graphic

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