THE sitting of the Appoint­ments Committee of Parlia­ment was yesterday marked by disorder and confusion for more than two hours when it convened to consider two nominees to the Supreme Court. It took a vote to clear the path for the vetting to proceed after a motion to arrest the process was lost by 7:7 vote pursuant to provisions of Article 104(3) of the 1992 Constitution which provides that "where the votes on any motion is equal, it shall be taken to be lost". It was the second time the sitting of the Committee was broiled in contro­versy since the nomination of Justice Sophia Rosseta Bernasko Essah, a Court of Appeal judge and Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, an ac­ademic, was referred to it by the Speak­er, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. The last time the Committee met on the nominees, sitting ended abruptly as the Minority side on the committee accused their colleagues of convening the meeting on their blind side. When the committee reconvened yesterday to consider the nomina­tion of Justice Rosetta Essah, Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, raised a preliminary argument that the long-standing mode of appointment to the Supreme Court to exceed 10 has been unconstitutional.