Ghana’s Constitution grants Supreme Court the authority to interpret the law – KT Hammond

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Kwakuo President with monkey brain 1 year ago

Kwasia,gyimiiiifoɔ k t hammond

Kwasia,gyimiiiifoɔ k t hammond
DotCom 1 year ago

It is sad that we have such fools governing us. Idiots who have bought their certificates currently decide our future. If you are not angry enough yet, you better be and kick them out.

It is sad that we have such fools governing us. Idiots who have bought their certificates currently decide our future. If you are not angry enough yet, you better be and kick them out.
Enock 1 year ago

KT is not making sense here. Which law has the Supreme Court interpreted? They are yet to go into the case itself, so which law gives them power to issue directives to Parliament on how to do their work?

KT is not making sense here. Which law has the Supreme Court interpreted? They are yet to go into the case itself, so which law gives them power to issue directives to Parliament on how to do their work?
Enock 1 year ago

It is only after the Supreme Court goes into the case and gives a ruling, that Parliament can consider going by the ruling. Supreme Court has no power to injunct Parliament or the executive from doing their work

It is only after the Supreme Court goes into the case and gives a ruling, that Parliament can consider going by the ruling. Supreme Court has no power to injunct Parliament or the executive from doing their work
Enock 1 year ago

If there is any law that mandates the supreme Court to usurp the powers of Parliament, bring it out and let us all see.

If there is any law that mandates the supreme Court to usurp the powers of Parliament, bring it out and let us all see.
DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Dors your 20yr old Parliament where you b ...
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Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Dors your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
Be informed 1 year ago

Learn to understand issues before commenting, when the Supreme Court come with a ruling of illegality, the 20yrs old parliament will oblige.

Learn to understand issues before commenting, when the Supreme Court come with a ruling of illegality, the 20yrs old parliament will oblige.
Badu-Yeboah Emmanuel 1 year ago

He could not quote a single article in our constitution to back his claim

He could not quote a single article in our constitution to back his claim
DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Dors your 20yr old Parliament where you b ...
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Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Dors your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
Adam Aba 1 year ago

This is not the law. The supreme Court has no power over parliament.The supreme Court aren't Super Human and not most intelligent people in Ghana. Stay in law is don't but the time of ruling its has been done

This is not the law. The supreme Court has no power over parliament.The supreme Court aren't Super Human and not most intelligent people in Ghana. Stay in law is don't but the time of ruling its has been done

DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH?just now
Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illega ...
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DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH?just now
Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Dors your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
Abu 1 year ago

Which law has been broken that you need Supreme Court to interpret? This is judicial rascality

Which law has been broken that you need Supreme Court to interpret? This is judicial rascality
DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal.

Does your 20yr old Parliament where you ...
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Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal.

Does your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
Bk man 1 year ago

All these fools are ruling ghana, how can we go forward

All these fools are ruling ghana, how can we go forward
Sul 1 year ago

GHANA'S CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN GRANTING SO MUCH STUPIDITY AND THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS ARE ALL FOOLING AROUND WITHOUT USING COMMON SENSE

GHANA'S CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN GRANTING SO MUCH STUPIDITY AND THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS ARE ALL FOOLING AROUND WITHOUT USING COMMON SENSE
Another old fool criminal 1 year ago

Where is our drill ship ?This idiot must be in jail by now but he is now a minister and MP thus why Africa can not move forward.This foolish man have never been to law school but he came back from abroad with fake certificate ...
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Where is our drill ship ?This idiot must be in jail by now but he is now a minister and MP thus why Africa can not move forward.This foolish man have never been to law school but he came back from abroad with fake certificates claiming to be lawyer and Ghanaians cowardly keep quiet for this criminals to make laws them.The president himself have no law certificate.Akuffo Addo is fake lawyer we all know and Otumfuo is his best cliente.They're all the same dishonest people hiding behind politics and destroying our nation for their selfish gain.
Faith 1 year ago

WHICH SUPREME COURT? NPP SUPREME COURT?

WHICH SUPREME COURT? NPP SUPREME COURT?
Thief of Staff - Akosua Frema 1 year ago

Nothing sensible can come out of the mouth of this ugly, useless, senseless, shameless, gormless, lawless, corrupt, foolish, ignorant, divisive, arrogant and primitive fool.

Nothing sensible can come out of the mouth of this ugly, useless, senseless, shameless, gormless, lawless, corrupt, foolish, ignorant, divisive, arrogant and primitive fool.
JEFF 1 year ago

Another stupid comedian parading as an MP ..This country is a shit hole like stump said …

Another stupid comedian parading as an MP ..This country is a shit hole like stump said …
Debabs 1 year ago

And Parliament the authority to make laws. Supreme Court can go ahead to interpret and until they finish interpreting, they cannot place an injunction on the ruling of Parliament

And Parliament the authority to make laws. Supreme Court can go ahead to interpret and until they finish interpreting, they cannot place an injunction on the ruling of Parliament

YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH?just now
Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illega ...
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DO YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH?just now
Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Does your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
Helen 1 year ago

I'm surprised those used toilet papers in the supreme court failed to see that the minority leader failed to invoke the original jurisdiction of the court. They want to delay the matter until after January 7 before passing ju ...
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I'm surprised those used toilet papers in the supreme court failed to see that the minority leader failed to invoke the original jurisdiction of the court. They want to delay the matter until after January 7 before passing judgment. Remember how the toilet papers handled Domelevo's case. They knew that monkey of a president was wrong but waited until the man was '100' years before passing judgment.
NDC/NPP are both the same 1 year ago

Parliament should set aside the supreme ruling period.

Parliament should set aside the supreme ruling period.
Aku Sika II 1 year ago

"Cry the beloved country" age doesn't make a person sensible

"Cry the beloved country" age doesn't make a person sensible
SURVIVAL. 1 year ago

Supreme court can't just veto power over the speaker of Parliament.Judicials and Legislatives are co-equals no one controls each other.What supreme court has to do is to take the matter and deliberate over it and later come o ...
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Supreme court can't just veto power over the speaker of Parliament.Judicials and Legislatives are co-equals no one controls each other.What supreme court has to do is to take the matter and deliberate over it and later come out with a solution,but not to halt the decision already taken by the speaker. SEPARATION OF POWERS must be adhere to over here.Bagbin do your job don't mind anybody,even the executive power can't control.
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THE BRITISH? 1 year ago

Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Does your 20yr old Parliament where you b ...
read full comment

Go tell that to the 600 year old British Parliament when its Supreme Court stopped Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament during the Brexit crises ruling that such act is illegal

Does your 20yr old Parliament where you borrowed your democracy from know better than the 600yr old British Courts and Parliament?
They cannot answer your question! 1 year ago

Have you noticed how they refuse to answer your simple question. Because they have no answer to it.

Have you noticed how they refuse to answer your simple question. Because they have no answer to it.
Manni 1 year ago

They can mate. The supreme Court globally have the mandate to interpret any laws passed by the land and if found contradictions which at times comes from the human right law, they can re-write the law either shredding it by t ...
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They can mate. The supreme Court globally have the mandate to interpret any laws passed by the land and if found contradictions which at times comes from the human right law, they can re-write the law either shredding it by taking certain things out or adding more to it even though its not their mandate to make new law. It is their mandate to interpret the law passed and correct errors. If deemed to have contradictions they can amend the law passed and sometimes it doesn't happen until someone challenges or seek interpretation in the court so what they have done is done everywhere globally. America is a typical example with so many cases where the supreme Court has overruled parliament on some issues so you can do your research if wants to learn and don't follow these bias politicians and the so called lawyers who are supporters of either party A or B and wants to politicise everything.
Manni 1 year ago

The supreme Court globally have the mandate to interpret any laws passed by the land and if found contradictions which at times comes from the human right law, they can re-write the law either shredding it by taking certain t ...
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The supreme Court globally have the mandate to interpret any laws passed by the land and if found contradictions which at times comes from the human right law, they can re-write the law either shredding it by taking certain things out or adding more to it even though its not their mandate to make new law. It is their mandate to interpret the law passed and correct errors. If deemed to have contradictions they can amend the law passed and sometimes it doesn't happen until someone challenges or seek interpretation in the court so what they have done is done everywhere globally. America is a typical example with so many cases where the supreme Court has overruled parliament on some issues so you can do your research if wants to learn and don't follow these bias politicians and the so called lawyers who are supporters of either party A or B and wants to politicise everything.
Manni 1 year ago

One problem with most Ghanaians is that they just follow the wagon according to who they support and the position that person or that party has taken without any knowledge or research to learn and that's why people can be use ...
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One problem with most Ghanaians is that they just follow the wagon according to who they support and the position that person or that party has taken without any knowledge or research to learn and that's why people can be used by these reckless useless selfish wicked corrupt dirty politicians. Knowledge is power and if you got one then stronger your opinion. Learn and educate yourselves and stop allowing these dirty corrupt irresponsible politicians playing on your intelligence. It's so pathetic and Ghana will never progress with this mindset. Its like most women in the church believing pastors are men of God so everything they say is coming from God without any understanding of the bible how God wants us to worship and serve him. This is the reason why a woman can follow a pastor who closes to do counselling in the hotel and ends up sleeping with even married women because lack of knowledge my people suffers. A so called pastor can let a married woman undressed in front of him and get showered by a pastor or so called prophet. Lack of knowledge.

HENRY, SPAIN 1 year ago

CORRECT. WHEN JERRY DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT AND SUSPENDED THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURTS WERE THERE. THE SUPREME COURT THE HIGHEST STATE COURT.BAGDIN IS A DICTATOR AND WANTED WAYO WAY. THEY SHOULD PREPARE THEMSELVES TO LEAVE THERE ...
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CORRECT. WHEN JERRY DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT AND SUSPENDED THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURTS WERE THERE. THE SUPREME COURT THE HIGHEST STATE COURT.BAGDIN IS A DICTATOR AND WANTED WAYO WAY. THEY SHOULD PREPARE THEMSELVES TO LEAVE THERE.BUT THE COURT STILL THERE.
Fathers love 1 year ago

This coconut head man I don't always expect anything better from him to say

This coconut head man I don't always expect anything better from him to say
Onyansanii 1 year ago

Then the parliament is useless it should be scrape. No wonder what better law would Ghana have if someone like you is in parliament imagine Ama dey Hawah koomson making law for some one like prof Frimpong Noateng. Only in omo ...
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Then the parliament is useless it should be scrape. No wonder what better law would Ghana have if someone like you is in parliament imagine Ama dey Hawah koomson making law for some one like prof Frimpong Noateng. Only in omofia.
Ghana baa 1 year ago

The million question what if the supreme court had their interpretation wrong must we still stand by it because it's the supreme court anaa... Please let us use our conscience ... We don't need peace ooo.. we want equal right ...
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The million question what if the supreme court had their interpretation wrong must we still stand by it because it's the supreme court anaa... Please let us use our conscience ... We don't need peace ooo.. we want equal rights and justice.....
Cc 1 year ago

Any reasonable citizen must know this.

Any reasonable citizen must know this.
Kojos 1 year ago

You said it all. Only stupid and bush mps who don't want to read are going around making ugly noise. Even in America the supreme court has power more than the executive and senate and the house. But ghana said the copied part ...
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You said it all. Only stupid and bush mps who don't want to read are going around making ugly noise. Even in America the supreme court has power more than the executive and senate and the house. But ghana said the copied part of the constitution from America so what is wrong with this useless ndc mps.
Dog meat 1 year ago

Example of supreme court stopping Congress. Can you hear yourself. Simple they discuss the law before you can enforce. Legislature have the right to stop the from stopping any MP to carry on legislature duties even if he/is r ...
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Example of supreme court stopping Congress. Can you hear yourself. Simple they discuss the law before you can enforce. Legislature have the right to stop the from stopping any MP to carry on legislature duties even if he/is required in court. With that judicial can no grounds question the duties of legislature. Impeachment must hit NPP for trying to influence the judicial against legislation while separation of powers needed.
Dog meat 1 year ago

Aboa they enforce jimi

Aboa they enforce jimi
ROGUE LAWYER 1 year ago

The granting of the authority to interpret the law must be mandatory to all in the country but not the legislative body ( parliament) that made those laws.
why should i seek explanation of my Toyota car from Mecedez Benz M ...
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The granting of the authority to interpret the law must be mandatory to all in the country but not the legislative body ( parliament) that made those laws.
why should i seek explanation of my Toyota car from Mecedez Benz MANUFACTURER in Germany ?
Toyota was made by Japan motors, japan motors knows why they put certain mechanism in place, so if i want understanding of my toyota car, the best place to go is the Japan motors
supreme court must not seen itself as superior over parliament to interpret laws for the law makers- do the Supreme court understood why in parliament they have standing orders that are strictly followed ?-
if the unanimous 7;0 FC has no idea as to why parliament strictly follow standing orders then they should shut the peak off when it comes to "laws and parliament"

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