PROFESSOR STEPHEN KWAKU ASARE vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2015]DLSC3261

Date	2015-10-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J1/15/2014
Citation No.	[2015]DLSC3261

WOOD (MRS) CJ PRESIDING

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

BENIN JSC

AKAMBA JSC

GODFRED YEBOAH- DAME ESQ. WITH HIM PROF. KENNETH AGYEMANG ATTAFUAH ESQ. AND ERIC DELANYO ALIFO ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS ESQ. CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2015]DLSC3261
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PROFESSOR
STEPHEN KWAKU ASARE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J1/15/2014&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DATE: 14TH
OCTOBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><h1 style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%">GODFRED YEBOAH- DAME ESQ. WITH
HIM PROF. KENNETH AGYEMANG ATTAFUAH ESQ. AND ERIC DELANYO ALIFO ESQ. FOR THE
PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p></h1><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">

SYLVESTER
WILLIAMS ESQ. CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

WOOD
(MRS) CJ PRESIDING, DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BONNIE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, BENIN JSC,
AND AKAMBA JSC<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGEMNT<o:p></o:p>

</div>WOOD
(MRS), CJ: <o:p></o:p>These are the reasons for my decisions
dated 15th of October 2015. Under the new order of constitutional
democracy in Ghana, the 1992, the Constitution, in conformity with the cardinal
democratic principle of separated powers of government, has vested the
legislative authority in Parliament. A&nbsp;
Constitution is not meant to be static. It is a living political
document capable of growth. Consequently, the framers of the Constitution,
under Chapter 25, have designed a process, albeit an arduous and stringent
process, by which necessary amendments to it may be effected. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The rigorous processes and procedures
provide the safeguards needed&nbsp; to check
and prevent arbitrariness and abuse. Of particular significance is the article
289, clause (1) which stipulates that:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“Subject to the provisions of the
Constitution, Parliament may, by an Act of Parliament, amend any provision of
this Constitution.<o:p></o:p>289 (2) provides:<o:p></o:p>“This Constitution shall not be amended
by an Act of Parliament or altered directly or indirectly unless-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
justify;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l34 level1 lfo33">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the sole purpose of the Act is to amend
this Constitution <o:p></o:p>and<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
justify;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l34 level1 lfo33">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the Act has been passed in accordance
with this Chapter.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Chapter 25entrenched provisions of
the 1992 Constitution, thus sanctions alteration of constitutional provisions
effected in strict conformance, with the Chapter 25, titled “Amendment of the
Constitution”, that is, the processes and procedures carefully circumscribed under
it.<o:p></o:p>