The Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of Justice have expressed pleasure with the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson's review application.
Diana Asonaba, the Deputy Attorney General, expressed this viewpoint.
Her organization, she said, was pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling.
The counsel representing Mr Quayson, in her opinion, failed to show their case before the panel.
"On the subject of the ruling prohibiting the 1st defendant from holding himself out as an MP, the 1st defendant has failed to clearly overcome the conditions through his counsel." So we're quite satisfied with that," she said in a press conference following the hearing on Tuesday, June 14.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court confirmed its April 13 ruling, which issued an injunction against the beleaguered MP, in a unanimous 9-0 verdict.
On April 13, the court ordered Mr Quayson to cease acting as a Member of Parliament for the seat.
This was a 5-2 majority vote. The five justices were Jones Dotse, Mariama Owusu, Gertrude Torkonoo, Prof Mensah Bonsu, and Emmanuel Y. Kulendi, with Justices Agnes Dordzie and Nene Amegatcher siding with the MP.
Background
Mr Quayson's election was invalidated by a Cape Coast High Court in July 2021, after it was determined that he owed allegiance to Canada at the time of filed his nomination documents to contest the polls.
A resident of the constituency, Michael Ankomah Nimfah, who filed this election petition in January 2022, has launched a new action before the Supreme Court.
He requested the Court to uphold the Cape Coast High Court's decision and avert a subsequent constitutional violation by restricting the MP.
Mr. Quayson shall no longer hold himself out as a Member of Parliament or appear in Parliament, the Court ruled on Wednesday, April 13. Mr. Quayson's lawyers then requested a reversal of the ruling.
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