A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has criticized the decision by a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice, for granting an application for a stay of execution against the declaration of four seats as vacant by the Speaker of .
According to Ansa-Asare, the decision by the apex court has set the grounds for "constitutional lawlessness." In a report by 3news.com, the former Director of the Ghana School of Law is said to have cited procedural lapses in the court's decision, noting that "its jurisdiction was not properly invoked" because the Speaker and Attorney-General, who were parties in the case, were not heard.
He further described the ruling by the court as "amorphous and meaningless" during an appearance on TV3's Keypoints program on Saturday, October 19, 2024. "The Supreme Court's jurisdiction was not invoked, so whatever the Supreme Court did yesterday constituted nullity.
It was wrong to serve the Speaker through the legal department; it must be done yourself or by the Clerk. "What the Supreme Court did yesterday amounted to provocation of .