Purported rejection of 2022 Budget: SC sets March 16 on Sky’s suit
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, the Supreme Court panel presided by Justice Jones Dotse adopted and set down a joint memorandum of issues by both parties for determination.
The Supreme Court has set March 16, 2022, for its judgment on a suit filed by a Ghanaian citizen, Richard Dela Sky challenging the purported rejection of the 2022 Economic Policy by 137 out of 275 members of Parliament.
He argues that the purported rejection violated Article 104 (1) of the Constitution 1992 thus seeks a declaration in that regard from the apex court.
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, the Supreme Court panel presided by Justice Jones Dotse adopted and set down a joint memorandum of issues by both parties for determination.
The plaintiff/applicant is also by his suit seeking “a declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 104(1) of the Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana, the Speaker of Parliament shall, unless otherwise required by the Constitution 1992, at all material times ensure that at least half of all the Members of Parliament of Ghana is present in Parliament at the time of a determination of any matter by Parliament.
Additionally, a declaration that per Article 104(1) of the Constitution, 1992, the Speaker of Parliament ought to have known that that at all material times there were less than half of all the Members of Parliament of Ghana present thus should not have invited them on November 26, 2021, to determine whether or not to accept the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic policy.
He is therefore praying the Supreme Court for “an order setting aside the purported vote by 137 Members of Parliament of Ghana out of the total number of 275 Members of Parliament of Ghana on 26th November 2021, which vote purported to reject the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana, for violating Article 104(1) of the Constitution 1992 of the Republic of Ghana”.
