US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare has reacted to the injunction filed by the Majority Leader, , to declare four seats in vacant, which would change the composition of the House with regards to which party forms the Majority and Minority Caucus.
In a write-up shared on Facebook on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the legal luminary, who is widely known as Kwaku Azar, pointed out that the injunction filed by Afenyo-Markin cannot stop the Speaker of , , from declaring the seats in question vacant.
He explained that , as the legislative arm of government, is independent and, per the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, can perform its function without any interference from either the executive or the judiciary.
He also cited a precedence where a court ruled that injunctions cannot stop institutions from performing their duties. "The mere filing of an injunction against does not and should not stop parliamentary work due to the principle of separation of powers. , as a legislative body, is independent and has its own constitutional mandate to create laws and oversee the executive. "This principle is not novel.