ELORM KWAMI GORNI vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS [2022]DLSC15121

Date	2022-11-01
Suit No.	WRIT NO. J1/08/2020
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC15121

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

PROF. KOTEY

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

KULENDI JSC

CLARENCE KUWORNU (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.

[2022]DLSC15121
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELORM KWAMI
GORNI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND NATIONAL
HOUSE OF CHIEFS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">WRIT NO. J1/08/2020&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;DATE: 1ST
NOVEMBER, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

CLARENCE KUWORNU (CHIEF STATE
ATTORNEY) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC
(PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, PROF. KOTEY, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, KULENDI JSC&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:150%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;KULENDI JSC:-<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff, a citizen of Ghana, commenced this action on the 19th
day of November 2020, invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court under
Articles 2(1) and 130(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and Rule 45 of
the Supreme Court Rules, 1996, C.I 24 and claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">An
 interpretation of the phrase “active
 party politics” as used in Article 276 (1) of the 1992 Constitution of
 Ghana.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>&nbsp;<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">A declaration
 that certain Chiefs who, during the electioneering campaign leading up to
 the 2020 General Elections, “endorsed” one or the other of&nbsp; the presidential candidate of the New
 Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the presidential
 candidate of the&nbsp; National
 Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, were, by virtue of such
 endorsement, involved in “active party politics,” per the intent and
 purpose of Article 276(1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>&nbsp;<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin</main>