In the theatre of Ghanaian constitutional interpretation, few myths have lingered as stubbornly-and as absurdly-as the idea that every time the President and Vice-President travel outside the country, the Speaker must be sworn in as Acting President.
This practice, supposedly grounded in the law, is in fact rooted in a misreading-more precisely, a misapplication-of our constitutional text by the Supreme Court in Asare v.
Attorney-General [2003-2004] SCGLR 823.
Let's be clear: the 1992 Constitution does not require the Speaker of Parliament to be sworn in when the President and Vice-President are both simply outside Ghana.
