AG intervention in Amewu court order is shocking – Amaliba

General news for Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Source: Starr FM

2020-12-30

A member of the NDC legal team, Abraham Amaliba has described as an anomaly, a lawsuit filed by the state in defense of John Peter Amewu for an interim injunction obtained by the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi that prevented him from retaining him Himself as a deputy from the Hohoe constituency.

The State through the Attorney General has filed a case in the Supreme Court challenging the Ho Superior Court order and wants the decision to be overturned. In the complaint, the State said that the court’s ruling “constituted a patent error,” since it had no capacity to hear the matter.

But in reaction to the development of Starr Today with Naa Dedei Tettey, Amaliba said the state was not part of the lawsuit and that it was strange that it was involved in the matter.

“I was so shocked to my bone marrow. What is the interest of the State in this matter? Democracy in this country has once again thrown itself to the dogs. Our democracy is suffering. Why would the Attorney General in a matter like this go to the Supreme Court requesting that the Supreme Court overturn the Superior Court’s decision? What is the interest of the Attorney General in this matter? This is the one between the citizens of the Guan area against the deputy elected by Hohoe John Peter Amewu. So where does the AG come in? ”Mr. Amaliba asked.

It also punched holes in the state’s claim that it sought to prevent a constitutional crisis.

“I heard the Attorney General say that this ruling will create a constitutional crisis and it is on that basis that he is entering. What is more of a constitutional crisis than ignoring the calls of thousands of people who want to vote for their deputy and were denied? ? Do we have a more constitutional crisis than that? So what is happening in this country? We don’t know, and unless those who are supposed to speak get up and speak, I’m afraid we are headed for something we will all regret. “

Mr. Amaliba added: “Whoever is doing that and allowing the Attorney General to do these things to the people of this country will one day regret it. The state has no responsibility in this matter. I sue a PC, then the State enters to intervene in the matter and we are all seated because the group of people who govern this country are the true owners and the rest are tenants ”.

He told Starr News that he was confident that lawyers for the residents of four areas, Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) will respond to AG’s lawsuit accordingly.

“Lawyers for the citizens of the Guan area are capable of handling this matter and will go to the Supreme Court and argue in this regard that the Attorney General has nothing to do with this matter and that any request that has been made is incompetent, it has no place in our law and therefore must be discarded. They are capable, so they will, “concluded Abraham Amaliba.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is expected to hear a request for a time reduction on Wednesday (December 30, 2020).

According to the original date, the case was to be heard on January 21 of next year, but the Attorney General has submitted a request for a reduction in time to take the case forward.

According to the AG, the case should be heard early because it has implications for the composition of the next parliament scheduled for January 7 next year.