Law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Justice Abdulai, has said he knew the odds were stacked against him when he applied for review at the Supreme Court on the right of Deputy Speakers of Parliament to vote while presiding.
According to him, as it turns out the Court had decided, and once they had decided otherwise, the nation has to move on.
He admitted that a review application is probably one of the most difficult things to succeed at the Supreme Court and so he knew the odds were against him.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday 26th April, 2022 after the review application was dismissed by the Supreme Court, Justice Abdulai indicated he didn’t want a situation where posterity would question why he didn’t take the small window of opportunity that was available to him to attempt a review.
“I still moved forward with this because in principle the Supreme Court, I believe, is made up of seasoned lawyers and if you make a strong argument before them, they were amenable to reviewing their previous decisions.”
“However, once they have decided this way, I think posterity will judge us all in a positive light,” he added.
A nine-member Supreme Court review panel presided over by Justice Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse, dismissed an application seeking to review its decision that ruled that the first and second deputy speakers of Parliament can vote and be counted while presiding in the House.
Ahead of the ruling of the Supreme Court, Deputy Attorney General, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, argued that the applicant has failed in his application to show any exceptional circumstances resulting in the miscarriage of justice nor does he show any real matters up for consideration by the Court.
“This application is a clear abuse of this Court and this application ought to be dismissed,” the deputy AG said in open Court.
The Supreme Court review panel after hearing the submissions of the State and the applicant who represented himself ruled that the threshold required for a review application was not met and hence the application is unmeritorious.
“Considering the threshold that this review application is supposed to meet, we are of the considered view that this application falls short. The application is thus dismissed for being unmeritorious” the presiding judge, Justice Jones Dotse ruled.
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