THEOPHILUS DONKOR vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLSC6201

Date	2019-06-12
Suit No.	WRIT NO. J1/08/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC6201

AKUFFO (MS) CJ (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

BENIN JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

KOTEY JSC

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT WITH HIM

AURIEL ASARE BOATENG ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY AKAWARE

ATENDAM ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY AND VIVIAN OPOKU AGYAKWA ASSISTANT FOR THE DEFENDANT

GODWIN TAMAKLOE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2019]DLSC6201
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THEOPHILUS DONKOR<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANT}<o:p></o:p>[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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WRIT NO.
J1/08/2017&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: 12TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>SYLVESTER WILLIAMS, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT WITH HIM AURIEL
ASARE BOATENG, ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY, AKAWARE ATENDAM, ASSISTANT STATE
ATTORNEY AND VIVIAN OPOKU AGYAKWA, ASSISTANT FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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GODWIN
TAMAKLOE FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>AKUFFO (MS) CJ (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, BENIN JSC,
MARFUL-SAU JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, KOTEY JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>KOTEY, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>1.0 Introduction<o:p></o:p>By a writ of summons issued on 4th
January 2017, the Plaintiff invoked the original jurisdiction of this court
pursuant to Articles 2 (1) and 130 seeking certain reliefs. The said writ was
amended pursuant to leave of this court granted on the 8th March
2017. The Plaintiff therefore filed an amended writ and statement of case on 10th
March 2017. The Defendant filed an amended Statement of case on 23rd
March 2019. The following reliefs are indorsed on the amended writ. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the removal from office of such Chief
Executives, Chief Executive Officers, Director-Generals (howsoever called) and
members of governing boards of public corporations merely on account of the
assumption of office of the person elected as President of the Republic of
Ghana does not amount to a just cause and is accordingly unconstitutional; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that to the extent that section 14 of the
Presidential (Transition) Act 2012 (Act 845) requires all Chief Executives,
Chief Executive Officers, Director-Generals (howsoever called) and members of
governing boards of public corporations to cease to hold office merely on
account of the assumption of office of the person elected as President of the
Republic of Ghana, the said section 14 is unconstitutional as being
inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, particularly
Articles 70(1)(d)(iii), 190 and/or 191(b) of the Constitution; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction restraining any person or
authority from removing from office such Chief Executives, Chief Executive
Officers, Director-Generals (howsoever called) and members of governing boards
of public corporations merely on account of the assumption of office of the
person elected as President of the Republic of Ghana. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.1 Memorandum of Agreed Issues <o:p></o:p>The parties filed the following joint
memorandum of agreed issues on the 9th May 2017. <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether and to what extent the public
services of Ghana as defined under Article 190 of the 1992 Constitution are
separate from and/or independent of the executive authority of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>