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Dr. Kojo Asante, the Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has called on the Supreme Court to expedite cases that have constitutional implications.
According to Dr. Asante, the Supreme Court must treat politically sensitive issues and matters concerning constitutional limitations equally and deliver prompt rulings. He stressed the significance of upholding constitutional principles and highlighted how expeditiously handling such cases would send a strong message about the intentions of the Constitution’s framers.
“I believe the Supreme Court should accord the same level of seriousness and urgency to constitutionally restrained matters as it does to other political cases because it conveys to those in power what the framers of the Constitution intended and what we must safeguard,” he stated during an interview on Citi TV’s Big Issue on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
Dr. Asante’s remarks come in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent unanimous ruling that the Presidency’s directive for former Auditor General Daniel Domelovo to go on leave was unconstitutional.
The court declared the President’s appointment of an Acting Auditor General while a substantive Auditor-General was still in office to be unlawful. Supported by evidence and records showing Mr. Domelevo was born on June 1, 1960, the Presidency instructed him to take his leave in July 2020.
However, Mr. Domelevo contested the legality of this order, resulting in an extension of his leave from 123 to 167 days, starting on July 1, 2020.
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Source: Omanghana.com
