Declaration of 4 seats vacant: Kpebu questions Supreme Court’s decision on Bagbin’s ruling

Martin Luther Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has questioned the need for the urgency with which the Supreme Court ruled on the ex parte motion filed by the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Members of Parliament.He says the apex court rushed in its ruling on the declaration of the four seats vacant in Parliament, indicating the decision has the tendency to cause havoc in the country.The Court on Friday, October 19, 2024, ruled to stay the ruling of the Speaker where he declared four seats vacant in Parliament.But Mr.

Kpebu says the Supreme Court should have taken some time to arrive at a decision that would sit well with its reasoning for staying the Speaker's ruling.Speaking on the KeyPoints on TV3 Saturday, October 19, 2024, he said the impression shared by a couple of his colleague lawyers after the Supreme Court's ruling was that Ghana was headed for a dangerous direction.According to him, the ruling was creating a lot of havoc in the country asking what necessitated the rush in quashing the Speaker's verdict on the declaration of the four seats vacant."Other lawyers sent me private messages and they said 'with this Supreme Court decision where are we headed for?'.

Some are like, 'this country is going to go up in flames'.

This decision is causing a lot of havoc.