Embattled Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korley constituency, Nii Armah Ashietey, has filed an application for judicial review of the Supreme Court’s ruling stopping the hearing of his case at the High Court.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ashietey challenged the\u00a0eligibility of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected parliamentary nominee for the constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings at the High Court.<\/p>\n
His lawyers say they hold a different view\u00a0on the ruling of the five-member Supreme Court on the 19th of May 2016, hence their decision to seek a review.<\/p>\n
The ruling, which followed\u00a0\u00a0an application filed by Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, challenging the\u00a0capacity of the High Court\u00a0\u00a0judge hearing the matter, stated that Justice Kwaku T. Ackah Boafo, erred by giving himself powers\u00a0\u00a0beyond what is due him, as he tried interpreting the constitution in his ruling on the\u00a0\u00a022nd of March.<\/p>\n
Zanetor\u2019s Supreme Court suit<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Zanetor was seeking for an order of prohibition directed at the trial judge, Mr. Justice Kwaku T. Ackah Boafo, from further hearing the matter.<\/p>\n According to her suit, the trial judge erred in law when he wrongfully assumed the jurisdictional role to\u00a0interpret Article 94 (1) (a) of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n Her lawyers contended that the function of the interpretation of the Constitution was done by the Supreme Court and not the High Court in the matter at stake.<\/p>\n Dr. Zanetor Rawlings has since her election been fighting a legal tussle where the\u00a0\u00a0incumbent NDC MP for the constituency, Nii Armah Ashietey, is challenging her locus and capacity to represent the party in the 2016 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n In his suit, Mr. Ashitey claims Dr. Rawlings was not qualified to contest the primary since she was not a registered voter.<\/p>\n Zanetor Rawlings\u00a0\u00a0is now registered\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile Zanetor Rawlings in April 2016, registered when the Electoral Commission opened the register for new voters in its limited registration exercise.<\/p>\n But lawyer for the incumbent MP, Gary Nimako, has said the sudden registration by Dr. Zanetor\u00a0\u00a0Rawlings in the limited voters\u2019 registration exercise, will not exonerate her from any wrongdoing or bring the case to a close.<\/p>\n _<\/p>\n By: Fred Djabanor\/election.citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Embattled Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korley constituency, Nii Armah Ashietey, has filed an application for judicial review of the Supreme Court’s ruling stopping the hearing of his case at the High Court. Mr. Ashietey challenged the\u00a0eligibility of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected parliamentary nominee for the constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":220490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,58,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n