{"id":401621,"date":"2018-02-15T17:58:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401621"},"modified":"2018-02-15T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T18:45:48","slug":"amidus-popularity-affect-supreme-court-case-adom-otchere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/amidus-popularity-affect-supreme-court-case-adom-otchere\/","title":{"rendered":"Amidu\u2019s popularity could affect Supreme Court case – Adom Otchere"},"content":{"rendered":"
Broadcast Journalist\u00a0Paul Adom Otchere, believes the immense public support for the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, may have already determined the course of Dr. Dominic Ayine’s lawsuit against his nomination.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the lawsuit, Mr. Adom Otchere remarked that “the courts, historically, will not rule to affect the higher expectations of society. Typically they may not do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”tqsVCo4swTZQTm0fVujwcKWLhjZ4Fm6N”]Dr. Ayine, in his lawsuit, argues that Mr. Amidu, aged 66 years, has exceeded the age for such public office holders, per Article 199 of the constitution.<\/p>\n
He is thus seeking a declaration from the Supreme Court that Mr. Amidu is not qualified or eligible to be nominated as the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n
He said it would be unconstitutional for Parliament to approve the nominee.<\/p>\n
This notwithstanding,\u00a0the idea of a Special Prosecutor has gathered substantial momentum to possibly cushion it from this lawsuit, according to Mr. Adom Otchere.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill and the political journey that it has traveled, you will find that at every stage of this journey, the Special Prosecutor Bill gets more endorsement from the Ghanaian people… the big masterstroke was the announcement of Martin Amidu to be the first occupier of that office. That was very popular,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee went ahead to vet Mr. Amidu on Tuesday despite the lawsuit, and Mr. Adom Otchere said the popularity of the Special Prosecutor Office was basically set in stone where \u201cit has been completely accepted and the personality of Martin Amidu has been overwhelmingly endorsed not just by Parliament, but everyone who saw it on television.\u201d<\/p>\n