{"id":96715,"date":"2015-03-05T11:11:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=96715"},"modified":"2015-03-05T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T12:04:22","slug":"supreme-court-adjourns-citi-fm-boss-speaker-case-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/supreme-court-adjourns-citi-fm-boss-speaker-case-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court adjourns CITI FM boss, Speaker case indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court has adjourned Sine Die (indefinitely), the case involving the Chief Executive Officer of Citi FM<\/strong>, Samuel Atta-Mensah and the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”ksy8DaFLBEWeJ2F56K6JLfbVA841a1og”]The case which was earlier scheduled for Thursday was not\u00a0heard and according to information available to citifmonline.com,<\/strong>\u00a0one of the judges was not available.<\/p>\n

The registrar is expected to communicate the new date to the lawyers later.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr\u00a0Samuel Atta-Mensah is praying the Supreme court to declare as unconstitutional<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho\u2019s decision not to be sworn in as President before acting in that position in the absence of the President and his Vice.<\/p>\n

The Speaker, Edward Doe Adjaho, on two occasions, refused to take the mandatory oath of office<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, while the President, John Mahama and his Vice, Amissah-Arthur were on official assignments.<\/p>\n

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Samuel Attah Mensah with his team of lawyers – Chris Osei Yeboah (extreme left), Nii Apatu Plange and Clement Kojo Akapam (extreme right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doe Adjaho stuck to his decision despite a letter from the President, John Mahama to the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Woode to swear him in as President.<\/p>\n

Though the Speaker is reported to have consulted with the Chief Justice and the Chief Legislative Draft person of the Attorney General\u2019s office in making his decision, Lawyer for Samuel Atta-Mensah, Nii Apatu Plange said that he “erred,” and that the only body mandated to interpret the constitution is the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that has to do with the constitution must be decided by the Supreme Court and no other body. So if the constitution says the speaker shall [swear the oath] then that is what he must do,\u201d he told Citi Breakfast Show host Bernard Avle in 2014.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonlin.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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