The National Democratic Congress is accusing the Judiciary over what it describes as “palpable bias” in scheduling political cases in the country.
The NDC says the Supreme Court has not displayed impartiality in arraigning and adjudicating “political cases” brought before it.
The claims by the opposition NDCs follows the Supreme Court’s decision to schedule a hearing for Wednesday, March 27, 2024, on a writ filed by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor at the Supreme Court.
The NDC registered its displeasure in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey. The party said it was intrigued over the prioritization of the Dafeamekpor case for hearing, especially ahead of the case of Richard Dela Sky v. Parliament of Ghana and the Attorney-General. It says it
is interesting to note that Richard Dela Sky filed his writ of summons in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024, on March 5, 2024.
This was almost two (2) clear weeks before Mr Rockson Dafeamekpor filed his writ of summons on March 18, 2024, challenging the constitutionality of the latest ministerial nominations by the President,” Mr Kwetey explained.
The party further stated, “Given the recent political deadlock that these two legal suits have created between the Executive arm and the Legislative arm of government, one would have expected that the date of filing of the cases would have informed the timing of their hearing by the apex Court.”
“It’s quite apparent that this is a ploy by the Chief Justice to fast-track the determination of the suit filed by Mr. Rockson Dafeamekpor, while the determination of the Richard Dela Sky suit is deliberately and unduly delayed, to enable the President to shelve the crucial Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill that has been passed by Parliament,” the NDC asserted.
The statement said, “Even more bizarre is the fact that the case filed by some NDC Members of Parliament, challenging the constitutionality of the passage of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill as far back as 2022, has not been listed for hearing by the Supreme Court till date.”
