The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the decision of four members of Parliament to contest as independent candidates or on the ticket of a political party in the upcoming December 7 parliamentary is futuristic.
Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament, went to the Supreme Court to challenge the decision of the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to declare four seats vacant.
He joined the Attorney General's office as the second defendant in the second substantive suit which is seeking the apex court to interpret Article 97 of the Constitution, 1992.
In his statement of case filed on Tuesday, October 22, the Attorney General said the constitution does not mandate the vacation of a seat by an MP who files to contest a future election as an independent candidate or under a different party ticket.