Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, , has called on the Speaker of Parliament, , to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court directing him to stay his declaration of four seats in the House vacant. , in an editorial copied to , pointed out that Bagbin has no choice but to obey the Supreme Court because the 1992 Constitution of Ghana mandates him to obey the apex court of the land.
He went on to state that the ruling of the court, reaffirmed on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, means that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have regained their Majority Caucus status, and their leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is now the Majority Leader. "The Speaker of Parliament is enjoined under the 1992 Constitution to obey and enforce the decisions and orders of the Supreme Court following the Court's unanimous dismissal of his application on October 30, 2024, to set aside the processes and proceedings in the suit brought by Alexander Afenyo-Markin (the Majority Leader) against him and the Attorney-General, and further to vacate the orders of the Court dated October 18, 2024, staying the execution of the ruling of the Speaker of Parliament dated October 17, 2024, declaring vacant the seats of four named Members of Parliament pending the final determination of the suit, as unmeritorious. "The Supreme Court has, by its decision dismissing the Speaker's application, thrown out all the jurisdictional objections raised by the Speaker to the competence of the Supreme Court to hear the Writ and Statement of Case filed by the plaintiff against the defendants.
The full reasons for the Court's decision are to be filed in the registry of the Court by Friday, November 8, 2024.
We can then temperately criticize or applaud the decision without scandalizing the Court," he wrote.