Africa-Press – Ghana. Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged the general public to allow the Supreme Court time to reflect and think through the case against the anti-gay bill properly.
He says this case will have ramifications for the country hence the need to allow the apex court to think through properly.
“Because of the ramifications for us and the future of this nation generally, I think we should hasten slowly, give the Supreme Court some space, let them deliberate well so that when the decision comes out it will be well accepted. It appears we are just railroading them into saying that they should say the bill was properly passed and so the president should sign it.
“We don’t need a hasty decision that will not solve any problem. What is it that is happening currently that they must urgently finish?,” he said on Saturday, May 11.
The Supreme Court adjourned the case against the anti-LGBTQI bill indefinitely.
The apex court on Wednesday, May 8 held the view that the documents presented to it by the Speaker of Parliament contained intemperate language. Hence they have directed the lawyers of the Speaker to file new documents.
Prior to adjournment, the court had dismissed the preliminary objection by the lawyer of the Speaker of Parliament, Thaddeus Sory in the case against the anti-LGBTQI bill.
When the court sat to hear the case which was carried live on television, Lawyers for broadcast journalist Richard Sky who filed the case, sought to amend one of the reliefs on the motion for injunction.
Lawyer for the Speaker of Parliament Thaddeus Sory objected to this.
He argued that he had already indicated in documents filed earlier that his side objected to how that relief had been couched and so allowing them to amend it would defeat his objection.
After hearing the arguments, the Justices of the Apex Court chaired by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkoornoo ruled that “our considered view is that the preliminary objection is unnecessary and does not seek to assist any process before this court. Every party has an inherent right to present the appropriate formulation of their reliefs or other process before the court to enable the court to determine the real matters in controversy. The objection is dismissed.”
The Chief Justice further told the lawyers of the speaker that “You have taken our time and energy for nothing.”
Ghanaian Journalist, Richard Dela Sky, and Researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi are set to appear before the Supreme Court, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to move their respective lawsuits challenging the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.
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