President John Dramani Mahama's nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has appeared before the Appointment Committee of Parliament for his vetting by Parliament.
Attached below is a video of the LIVE proceedings.
Last Friday, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, ruled against the a proposed motion by the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, for Parliament to hold on with the vetting.
The Speaker said he had considered deeply the proposed motion and concluded that there was no basis for him to exercise the discretion to admit the motion.
Mr Bagbin explained that there was no need for Parliament, as an arm of the state, to put on hold Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s vetting until the Supreme Court decided on a matter pending before it.
He, therefore, described the proposed motion and its suggestion as constitutionally and procedurally unsustainable.
“In summary, the major points of this ruling is that motion is inadmissible and the same has been returned to the sponsor, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, as stated clearly by the standing orders,” he said.
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