The Supreme Court has dismissed a review plea submitted by James Gyakye Quayson, the injuncted Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North.
Mr Quayson did not satisfy the bar for the court to exercise its discretion in his favor, hence the application was unanimously denied.
Mr Quayson, who has been barred from running for office, was seeking a reversal of the Supreme Court's April 13 judgment.
Mr Quayson was given interlocutory injunctions banning him from executing his Parliamentary duties pending the outcome of a substantive litigation filed by one Michael Ankomah Nimfah, who is requesting that the court declare his election as an MP unlawful.
In acquiring jurisdiction over the dispute evaluating the legality of Parliamentary elections and moving to award an injunction, the unhappy MP argued that the top court made a patent and basic mistake, and that the apex court violated Article 129(3) of the Constitution. As a result, he contended that there was sufficient reason for the court to reconsider its decision in order to guarantee that justice was done.
Because a member of the panel was told of her father's death, the substantive challenge brought by Mr Nimfah to interpret Article 94(2a) of the Constitution had to be postponed until July 12.
Chief Justice Kwesi Anin Yeboah declared this and stated that, in light of the necessity to expedite the case's hearing, he may consider replacing the panel member with another judge if she is still not emotionally stable to complete the hearing by the next adjourned date. Mr Quayson's other attempt to quash the decision of the Court of Appeal in Cape Coast dismissing his appeal against the Cape Coast High Court's verdict was similarly postponed.
Deputy Attorney General Diana Asonaba Dapaah, speaking after the Court hearings, said the review application was dismissed because Mr Quayson did not fulfill the grounds for a review. She also offered her sympathies to the bereaved member of the panel.