{"id":383761,"date":"2017-12-16T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383761"},"modified":"2017-12-16T08:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T08:11:37","slug":"its-no-crime-to-be-called-honourable-mp-replies-cj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/its-no-crime-to-be-called-honourable-mp-replies-cj\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s no crime to be called honourable – MP replies CJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region, Kwabena Mintah AkandoH, is unhappy with the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo\u2019s handling of a case he filed against the Gender Minister, Otiko Djaba.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mintah Akandoh and the NDC Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, went to court in February 2017, challenging the legality of Madam Otiko Djaba\u2019s appointment as Minister for Gender, Women and Children’s Affairs, due to her failure to undertake the mandatory National Service.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”JZ8DhepgVTA4v2GjWqigwBaKBAygLc3i”]They prayed the court to declare the appointment and swearing-in of Madam Djaba as Minister null and void, due to what they described as the breaching of certain aspects of the constitution pertaining to the National Service Act.<\/p>\n
However, a seven member panel of justices presided over by the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, dismissed the case on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Akandoh recalled that the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo was displeased after she noticed the title \u2018honourable\u2019 preceded the names of the MPs in the writ.<\/p>\n The MP said the CJ had subsequently indicated that the use of \u2018honourable\u2019 in the court is \u201cdishonourable.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Akandoh thus believes this might have influenced the panel\u2019s decision to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n