The Supreme Court has thrown out the application from the Speaker of , , in the matter of the vacation of some four seats in .
Reading the ruling of the 5-member Supreme Court panel, Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, said that contrary to other assertions that it does not have jurisdiction over such a matter, it rather does.
She added that any person who does not go by order of the Supreme Court has committed a crime.
The CJ also said that the Supreme Court did no wrong in exercising its discretionary power in the matter before it.