Supreme Court justifies its ruling on James Gyakye Quayson’s case
The Supreme Court has defended its ruling on the James Gyakye Quayson case that restrained him from holding himself as the Assin North Member of Parliament reiterating that the ruling was to protect the constitution and sovereign will of Ghanaians without subverting it.
The court further explained that it will be failing Ghanaians if it did not grant the injunction against the Assin North MP.
On Wednesday 13th April 2022, Supreme Court in a 5-2 majority decision restrained James Gyakye Quayson from carrying himself out as a Member of Parliament while directing the parties to file their memorandum of issues by April 25.
Justices Jones Dotse, Mariama Owusu, Gertrude Torkornoo, Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi supported the injunction reasoned that the people of Assin North and Ghanaians as a whole would suffer greater hardship and irreparable damage and inconvenience if Mr Quayson had not been restrained.
However, dissenting from the majority decision were Justices Agnes Dordzie and Nene Amegatcher who were of the view that Michael Ankomah-Nimfah should have sought enforcement of the High Court Judgment against James Gyakye Quayson, and instituted contempt proceedings against him in the High Court rather than appearing before the Supreme Court.
