The Supreme Court of Ghana is set to deliver its ruling on the application by the Member of for Effutu, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, against the Speaker of today, Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
The judgment will provide clarity and finality on the four seats declared vacant and on the constitutional powers of the Speaker of .
The case, filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in , challenges Speaker 's decision to declare these seats vacant without judicial oversight or the initiation of by-elections.
Speaker Bagbin's interpretation of the 1992 Constitution regarding parliamentary vacancies is at the core of the ongoing dispute in .