Private legal practitioner, Lawrence Kwesi Botchway Jnr, has petitioned President to establish an independent Commission of Enquiry to investigate the violent incidents that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun held on Friday, July 11, 2025.
In an 8-page petition dated Tuesday, July 15, 2025, and addressed to the Presidency and copies served on the Council of State and the Speaker of Parliament, Botchway invoked Article 278(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution, which empowers the President to commission an enquiry into matters of public interest.
The legal basis of the request, the petition noted, is firmly grounded in constitutional provisions and supported by past legal precedent. "Article 278 (1) of the 1992 Constitution provides that the constitutional mandate of the President...
can be invoked at the pleasure of the President or upon the advice of the Council of State or at the request of Parliament to investigate certain matters of public interest," the petition reads.
