The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has lauded Abu Ramadan, the National Youth Organizer of the People�s National Convention (PNC) whose application was turned down by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, for taking up a case in which, �clearly, the Attorney General was not interested in seeking a review�.
Kweku Baako Jnr. was in support of Abu Ramadan�s action to bring clarity to an earlier ruling of the apex court, despite the fact that his application was dismissed on technical grounds because he was not a party to the original case.
�It was obvious that the A-G was not interested or did not deem it fit to a review. So what happens�Can any other Ghanaian citizen proceed to seek the review, which Abu Ramadan was doing? In principle, to that extent, I think it was good to attempt to seek a review.
�Now they say he doesn�t have that capacity because he wasn�t part of the case. When the reasons come, we will find out whether the reasons are solid or not? So that�s an area that was an uncharted territory which I thought was good to explore, in order to enhance our judicial system,� he explained.
The onetime Journalist of the Year made these comments on Metro TV�s �Good Morning Ghana�, during a panel discussion of the Supreme Court�s unanimous 9-0 decision on Wednesday, which blocks Abu Ramadan from to praying the court to review its decision to allow any party aggrieved by the judgment on a Presidential petition to file a review.
In his application, he also prayed the court review its decision not to sit on a presidential petition on public holidays and weekends.
On 30th April this year, the highest court of the land ruled that the directive by Rule 69 C (5) of the Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules, 2012 (CI 74), which provides in part that �the court shall from day to day, including public holidays, when hearing a presidential election petition�, was unconstitutional and, therefore null and void.
Source: Prince Obimpeh/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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