CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2012]DLSC6398

Date	2012-10-17
Suit No.	WRIT No. J1/5/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLSC6398

ATUGUBA AG .C.J (PRESIDING)

AKUFFO (MS) J.S.C.

DR. DATE-BAH JSC

ANSAH J.S.C.

ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C.

ANIN-YEBOAH J.S.C.

BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C.

GBADEGBE J.S.C.

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) J.S.C

THADEUS SORY (WITH HIM CYNTHIA FRIMPOMAA) FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS (PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2012]DLSC6398
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CENTRE FOR PUBLIC
INTEREST LAW<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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WRIT No. J1/5/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 17TH OCTOBER, 2012<o:p></o:p>

SYLVESTER
WILLIAMS (PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ATUGUBA
AG .C.J (PRESIDING), AKUFFO (MS) J.S.C., DR. DATE-BAH JSC, ANSAH J.S.C.,
ADINYIRA (MRS) J.S.C., ANIN-YEBOAH J.S.C., BAFFOE-BONNIE J.S.C., GBADEGBE J.S.C.,
AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) J.S.C <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>ATUGUBA, AG. C.J <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff by its writ claims as follows: <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;
"A declaration that the President of the Republic of Ghana acted in
breach of his constitutional obligations under article 40(a), 57(3), 58(1)-(4)
and 73 of the Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana when he caused to be
submitted to the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana for approval the Agreement
between the Republic of Ghana and the China Development Bank known as the
Master Facility Agreement. <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;
A declaration that the purported approval by the Parliament of the
Republic of Ghana of the Agreement between the Republic of Ghana and the China
Development Bank known as the Master Facility Agreement is of no effect, null
and void to the extent that it was introduced in Parliament in breach of
articles 57(3), 58(1)-(4) and 108 of the Constitution 1992 of the Republic of
Ghana. <o:p></o:p>3. A declaration that having submitted
to the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana for approval the Agreement between
the Republic of Ghana and the China Development Bank known as the Master
Facility Agreement in breach of articles 57(3), 58(1)-(4) and 108 of the
Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana as well as section 18(7) of the
Petroleum Revenue Management Act, 2011 (Act 815) the President of the Republic
of Ghana has acted in a manner prejudicial or inimical to the economy of the
state and has accordingly violated article 69(1) (b) (ii) of the aforesaid
Constitution.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;
A further declaration that the President of the Republic of Ghana acted
in wilful violation of the oath of allegiance and the presidential oath set out
in the Second Schedule and or is in wilful violation of article 58(2) of the
Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana when he caused to be submitted to
the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana for approval the Agreement between the
Republic of Ghana and the China Development Bank known as the Master Facility
Agreement. <o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;
A declaration that having wilfully violated the oath of allegiance and
the presidential oath set out in the Second Schedule and is in wilful violation
of article 58(2) of the Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana when he
caused to be submitted to the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana for approval
the Agreement between the Republic of Ghana and the China Development Bank
known as the Master Facility Agreement. <o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;
An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Parliament of the
Republic of Ghana from considering and approval the documents listed below
subsequent to the purported approval of the Agreement between the Republic of
Ghana and the China Development Bank known as the Master Facility Agreement; <o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp; The Offtaker Agreement. <o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp; The Security being the Charge over Accounts
Agreement. <o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp; The Accounts Agreement. <o:p></o:p>(iv) The Form of
Subsidiary Agreement; and <o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp; The Five Party Agreement." <o:p></o:p>At
the close of pleadings the following memorandum of issues was filed by the
plaintiff, namely: <o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
"Whether
or not the reliefs sought by plaintiff in his suit falls within the exclusive
original jurisdictional of this Court? <o:p></o:p>(ii)