Director of Conflict Resolution of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba has said the Supreme Court's judgement on vacant seats will not be effective to last a long time.
The legal practitioner believes the verdict of the Apex Court is not sane and constitutional.
Speaking in an interview on TV3's New Day, November 15, 2024, Amaliba said by the ruling of the Supreme Court, article 97 of the constitution on the vacancy of seats in Parliament has totally been rendered "useless".
He noted that given the court's interpretation of the said article, it will now be difficult to say any MP has cross carpet although the article provides a clear meaning of MPs crossing carpet. "You don't just jump into the middle and then start saying you want to interpret, for what reason?