Supreme Court gives Barker-Vormawor 7 days to file Statement of Case in suit against EC Chair, others
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In January this year, the group, #FixTheCountry Movement submitted a petition signed by the convener, Oliver Barker to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo invoking the constitutional procedure for the removal of the EC Chair and her deputies ove...
Convener for #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker Vormawor has been given 7 days by the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Amadu Tanko to file his Statement of Case in a suit brought against him and 2 others by the Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa, and her two deputies, Bossman Asare and Samuel Tettey.
In January this year, the group, #FixTheCountry Movement submitted a petition signed by the convener, Oliver Barker to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo invoking the constitutional procedure for the removal of the EC Chair and her deputies over their handling of the SALL issue.
In their petition, the group contended that the EC Chair and her Deputies per their conduct intentionally denied the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, and Likpe (SALL) the right to vote in the 2020 elections.
They, therefore, held in the light of the above that the conduct of the EC bosses meets the threshold of stated misbehavior and or incompetence as defined under Article 146 of the Constitution 1992 and thus should be removed.
However in the back of the petition, the EC boss, Jean Mensa, and her 2 deputies, filed a suit against Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the Chief Justice, and the Attorney General at the apex court to stop the ongoing impeachment process.
In their writ, the EC officials contended that Oliver Vormawor had published the content of the petition seeking their removal in the public domain contrary to Article 146(8) of the 1992 Constitution which states that: "All proceedings under this Article shall be held in camera, and the justice or chairman against whom the petition is made is entitled to be heard in his defence by himself or by a lawyer or other expert of his choice."
When suit NO J1/12/ 2022 was called today, June 16, 2022, on the 3rd Floor of the Supreme Court Building, none of the parties; both plaintiffs and defendants were present.
However, Samuel Alexu-Dordzi was there and represented Mr. Vormawor as counsel while Justine Amenuvor for the EC and Reginald Nii Odoi, Assistant State Attorney for the AG.
The single bench Supreme Court judge after considering the application filed by the first defendant/applicant, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, thus gave him seven(7) days within which to file his Statement of Case.
