Private legal practitioner and a United States-based Ghanaian professor, Kwaku Asare has stated that a person's current status in Parliament does not restrict their status in a future Parliament.To that end, he has asked pundits not to advance questions about how a Member of Parliament's seat could be vacated in a future Parliament following the Supreme Court ruling on the vacant seat case.In a post on his Facebook page, he cautioned analysts to be careful because nobody has said that a seat will be vacated in a future parliament.The future parliament angle is misleading, he wrote on his Facebook page.The Supreme Court has by a 5-2 majority decision upheld the suit filed by Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
The apex court said the full reasons will be made available today Wednesday, November 13.The suit filed by Afenyo-Markin brought a stalemate in Parliament as the NDC members assumed the Majority position based on the Speaker's ruling.
This prompted the New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament to boycott proceedings of the House.With the latest ruling by the Supreme Court, Parliament is expected to be recalled with the NDC MPs reverting to their original Minority status.Prof Asare in his post said "one's current status in Parliament does not impose restrictions on their status in a future Parliament."He added "The Court's judgment is not out.
I have read that it's a 5-2 decision.