The seeming feud between Ghana's legislative arm of government and judiciary continues as the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has taken legal action against the Supreme Court, challenging the court's decision to set aside his declaration of four seats in the House vacant.
Bagbin's lawyer has asked the Supreme Court to set aside "the processes and proceedings in the Supreme Court" that led to the directive of the 5-member panel of the court, chaired by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, for him to stay his declaration of the seats vacant.
The lawyers also asked for the "vacating of the order of the Court dated October 18, 2024." US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, widely known as Kwaku Azar, has broken down the suit filed against the Supreme Court by the Speaker of Parliament.
In a post shared on Facebook on October 29, 2024, Kwaku Azar wrote: "The Speaker's lawyers have asked the Court to do two things in response to its October 18 ruling: 1.