Attorney General, Gloria Akufo
A reliable information available to Awake News indicates that Ms. Fafali Nyonator who described herself as a citizen of Ghana has dragged the Attorney General and Minister for Justice to the Supreme Court over the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commissioner, Charlotte Osei from office.
[ads1]According to the writ filed this morning at the Supreme Court around 11:10am, Ms. Nyonator is seeking “a declaration that the determination of Her Ladyship the Chief Justice of the prima facie case pursuant to article 146 of the Constitution for the removal from office the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission is inconsistent with article 130 (a) of the Constitution as the said determination Her Ladyship Chief Justice usurped the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to construes and/or define the scope of the application of the provisions of the constitution, particularly article 44 (2) and 146 thereof”
She is also asking the apex court to declare “as null and void the said prima facie determination of Ladyship the Chief Justice, the report of the said Committee that the recommended removal from office of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission as well as the decision of His Excellency the President of Ghana to removal from office the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission on the basis of the report”
Ms. Nyonator, also seeking the Supreme Court to grant her “an order of perpetual injunction restraining His Excellency the President of Ghana from appointing any person to the position of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission until that position has become lawfully vacant in accordance with proper processes and procedures as by law established”
Read the full writ:
Source: AwakeAfrica.com | Efo Korsi Senyo
