In order to obtain the justification for the Supreme Court’s directive to Parliament to strike Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson’s name from its records, the Minority side of the Appointments Committee of Parliament has decided to delay voting on Gertrude Torkornoo’s nomination for Chief Justice until after she has undergone her vetting.
She was informed by Mahama Ayariga, a member of parliament representing Bawku Central, that they were having trouble because the Supreme Court refused to explain its rulings.
Mahama Ayariga during the vetting of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo on Friday, May 26 said, “The Minority had a reservation because you participated in the decision involving James Gyakye Quayson. You did not give a reason for your judgment so as we speak we don’t know the basis on which the court arrived at that conclusion.
There is uncertainty among us as MPs knowing that our Supreme Court is Constitutional Court that should guide us as a country as to how to run public affairs.
But we have reached a negotiated position with our colleagues. We will not vote on you today after this hearing. When the SC gives the reason we will have another opportunity to now assess on the basis of the quality of the reasoning of the court and then we can take the debate.”
