A Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba has said that the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court in the vacant seat case.
He indicated that the speaker risks 10 years of jail if he defies the Supreme Court order. "In the face of this decision, he is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court.
It is not necessarily 10 years, you must just suffer a term of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
Not only that, 10 years disqualification of holding public office and if you are a president, you are liable to removal," he told Joy News on Tuesday, November 12.