Reaction of Attorney General to Supreme Court ruling

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nana Akufo Addo has said the ruling of the Supreme Court yesterday in favour of the Fast Track High Court was in accordance with the rule of law.

“The rulings are matters of the judges and in accordance with the rule of law”. He declared. According to him the initial decision, which declared the Fast Track High Court unconstitutional was fundamentally wrong hence the reason for asking for a review. He said he was satisfied with the decision of the justices adding that the Fast Track Court has modernised the judicial system in the country.

The Supreme Court by a 6-5 majority reversed an earlier decision, which declared the Fast Track High Court as unconstitutional. The Chief Justice Mr. Justice Edward Wiredu empanelled all eleven justices of the court to sit on the review.

The Supreme Court in March this year, by a decision of 5-4, ruled the Fast Track High Court as unconstitutional. Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation brought the substantive case before the Supreme Court asking the court to declare the Fast Track High Court as unconstitutional.