The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the Speaker of Parliament to have Justice Gaewu recuse himself from the panel to hear the case on whether or not the apex court could set aside his declaration of four seats vacant.
The Speaker, through his lawyers, applied to the court to quash an earlier verdict it gave on the matter asking him to stay his October 17 ruling which declared some four seats in the House vacant.
The hearing on the Speaker’s application, which was being done today, Wednesday, October 30, involved a judge whom the Speaker says is a member of the governing NPP.
According to him, Justice Ernest Gaewu once contested as parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Volta region.
Counsel for the Speaker, Thaddeus Sory, during proceedings in court Wednesday, October 30, 2024, said Justice Gaewu’s membership of the NPP and sitting as a judge on a matter whose outcome may affect the interest of the party may compromise his judgement.
