{"id":8790,"date":"2024-10-31T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8790"},"modified":"2024-10-31T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:34:10","slug":"respect-for-supreme-court-decisions-isnt-optional-senyo-hosi-warns-speaker-of-potential-high-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8790","title":{"rendered":"Respect for Supreme Court decisions isn\u2019t optional \u2013 Senyo Hosi warns Speaker of potential high crime."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to maintain respect for Supreme Court rulings, especially following the contentious\u00a0<em>Afenyo Markin vs. The Speaker<\/em>\u00a0case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to the Speaker, he cautioned that disregarding a Supreme Court decision would not only compromise Ghana\u2019s democratic principles but could also amount to what he termed \u201cHigh Crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur Constitution grants the Supreme Court ultimate adjudicative authority,\u201d Mr Hosi writes, adding that a disregard for these rulings would be tantamount to \u201csetting a dangerous precedent for institutional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter warns that failing to uphold judicial authority could spiral into broader societal anarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Hosi notes that a divided government defying the judiciary\u2019s authority risks emboldening citizens and institutions alike to flout laws and disregard judicial rulings, fostering instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-c721805f6c55a9f7ea1087e56c33394e ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iS8khrbduoo?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His stance is rooted in his conviction that adherence to the judicial system is vital for a healthy democracy, stating, \u201cOur governance structures must exemplify unity in respecting judicial authority to preserve the sanctity of our Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read also:&nbsp;<a>Senyo Hosi writes: Open Letter to Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo \u2013 Undo the WeKTO, Save Our Democracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Hosi empathises with the Speaker\u2019s frustrations yet argues that judicial rulings, even if flawed, provide a stabilising structure necessary for societal order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urges the Speaker to resist partisan calls for defiance, stressing, \u201cThe mere existence of a flaw in a court\u2019s decision does not necessarily mean it should be disobeyed\u2026 Disobedience resets our governance systems to a primordial anarchic state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to maintain respect for Supreme Court rulings, especially following the contentious\u00a0Afenyo Markin vs. The Speaker\u00a0case. to the Speaker, he cautioned that disregarding a Supreme Court decision would not only compromise Ghana\u2019s democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[2868,1812],"class_list":["post-8790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-senya-hosi","tag-supreme-court-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8792,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions\/8792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}