CJ fast-tracking Dafeamekpor case while deliberately delaying Richard Sky suit – Fifi Kwetey

The General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has expressed deep worry over what he describes as the Chief Justice’s selective and deliberate hearing of cases before the Supreme Court of Ghana.

In a statement with the title, ‘NDC reacts to palpable judicial bias in the scheduling of political cases in the Supreme Court of Ghana,’ Fifi Kwetey wondered how the CJ has already called for the case of the Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, ahead of a suit filed by Richard Dela Sky, a lawyer cum journalist.

Dafeamekpor has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the latest ministerial nominations by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, while Dela Sky is seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024, also known as the anti-gay bill.

According to the NDC national executive, it is difficult to understand why the case filed by Sky, on March 5, 2024, is yet to be heard at the apex court, whereas the one by Dafeamekpor, filed on March 18, has been scheduled to be heard on Wednesday, March 27.

“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 the 5th of March 2024.

Rockson Dafeamekpor filed his writ of summons on 18th March, 2024 challenging the constitutionality of the latest ministerial nominations by the President,” he stated.

He added that “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.”.