The Speaker of parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has in a letter addressed to the Registrar of the Supreme Court stated the purported service on him by three persons who identified themselves as the supreme Court bailiffs is unconstitutional.
In a letter to the SC registrar, lawyer to the speaker said, “I am directed by Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, to return the attached processes which was left at the Legal Services Office of the Parliamentary Service, by three (3) bailiffs of the Court on Wednesday, 16th October 2024. Attempts were made to serve the same processes on Tuesday, 15th October 2024”.
This follows an attempt by the former majority leader Alexander Afenyo Markins to injunct the speaker on declaring four seats vacant in line with article 97 (g) and (h).
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According to the Rt. Hon. Speaker “the attempted service is contrary to Article 117 of the 1992 Constitution and the circular issued by Her Ladyship Justice Cyra Pamela C.A. Korangteng (JA), the Judicial Secretary, and copied to the Honourable Lady Chief Justice, with reference number SCR9, entitled “Enforcement of articles 117 and 118 of the constitution -immunity from service of process and arrest” dated 12th July 2024 addressed to all registrars of courts”.
Read the Speaker’s letter,
