Retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba, has stated that it was legally wrong to invoke the Supreme Court in the parliamentary vacant seats controversy.
His comment follows the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, filing an injunction application in the Supreme Court in response to the Minority's efforts to have the seats of Independent candidates declared vacant.
This development occurred after former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, announced that his side of the house intended to invoke Article 97(1)(g) of the Constitution to vacate the seats of three Majority MPs and one NDC MP.
The relevant constitutional provision stipulates that an MP shall vacate their seat if they leave the party under which they were elected or seek to remain in Parliament as an Independent candidate.