ALEXANDER AFENYO MARKIN vs. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ATTORNEY GENERAL

RULING SACKEY TORKORNOO (MRS.) CJ INTRODUCTION The Speaker of Parliament, as 1st Defendant in this suit and Applicant in this application, is praying this Court for an order setting aside the processes and proceedings of the Plaintiff’s suit filed on 15th October 2024, and vacating an order made by this Court on 18th October 2024. On 18th October 2024, this Court heard an application for stay of execution of a ruling of the Applicant declaring four seats in Parliament vacant on 17th October 2024. The application urged that, the effect of this ruling is that the said Members of Parliament for the four constituencies in Western, Eastern, Central, and Ashanti Regions were declared to have vacated their seats by the Speaker of Parliament and if the Speaker’s ruling is enforced, the affected Members of Parliament would have had to leave Parliament and all duties and responsibilities entrusted to them by reason of their being members of Parliament from the 18th October 2024. Thes...