‘No Supreme Court seat is vacant’ — Afenyo-Markin objects to rushed Supreme Court nominees’ vetting

Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has challenged the urgency surrounding the proposed vetting of three nominees for appointment to the Supreme Court, arguing that there is currently no vacancy on the apex court to justify what he described as a compressed parliamentary timetable.‘No vacancy, no urgency’ At the heart of the Minority’s objection, Mr Afenyo-Markin said, was the absence of a vacant seat on the Supreme Court.

Mr Afenyo-Markin emphasised that the Minority was not questioning President Mahama’s constitutional mandate to nominate persons for appointment to the Supreme Court.