The Supreme Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by Member of Parliament for the people of South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, challenging the approval of new ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees.

The MP sought the Supreme Court’s intervention to declare unconstitutional the President’s authority to appoint ministers and deputy ministers without parliamentary approval.

Consequently, the supreme court shot down the application corroborating the President’s constitutional prerogative to make such appointments.

It was revealed in court that the lawyers for the South Dayi MP didn’t accept some court documents.

These included the notice of hearing and the Attorney General’s opposition to a temporary court order.

This was the application based on which the Speaker of Parliament decided to put on hold the approval of the new ministers.

Dafeamekpor argued in his lawsuit against the Speaker of Parliament (1st defendant) and the Attorney General (2nd defendant), that the President should have sought parliamentary approval before reassigning ministers whose appointments were revoked.

On February 14, President Akufo-Addo announced a reshuffle which saw 13 ministers and 10 deputy ministers relieved of their posts, while 6 were reassigned to various portfolios.

Surprisingly, the applicant Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor and his lawyers were absent when the case was called today.

Against this backdrop, the case was stood down for the court to verify whether or not the parties were served hearing notice by the bailiff.

This notwithstanding the court proceeded and the case was subsequently thrown out.

The five judges who presided over the case were Justice Kingsley Koomson, Justice Mariama Owusu, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo (Presiding), Justice Amadu Tanko, and Justice Yaw Darko Asare.