Bringing GITMO detainees to Ghana was unconstitutional - Supreme Court
Enoch Darfah Frimpong
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The Supreme Court has declared that the transfer of the two Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) ex-detainees to Ghana was unconstitutional.
In a 6-1 majority decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the President should have sought Parliamentary ratification before accepting the two detainees, reports Graphic Online's Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson, who was in court on Thursday morning.
According to the court, the acceptance of the two detainees without Parliamentary ratification contravened Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution.
The majority decision was read by the Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Abena Boadoa Akuffo.
Justice William Atuguba however dissented, Ebo Hawkson reported.
