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August 14, 2024
Despite initial moves by the Minority on the Appointment Committee to halt the public vetting of two nominees for the Supreme Court, Justice Bernasko Essah and Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, the vetting went ahead after four hours of brouhaha.
After twelve hours vetting process from 10:00am to 9:30pm Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Minority chief whip on the Committee in an interview on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, noted that their side voted against the approval of the nominees.
According to him it was seven (7), seven (7); that is seven from the Minority side against seven from the Majority side for the approval of the nominees.
He further pointed out that the chair of the Committee Joseph Osei-Owusu was not present at the vetting of the nominees.
“We hear some Majority members saying a decision should not be taken all because the chairman was not there, but a decision has been taken by those who were at the vetting of the nominees and what some Majority members are saying is foreign to us that the chairman can remotely vote”.
“All we want to say is that on the Majority side seven voted for their approval, Minority seven voted against; let us take the report to the floor of the House for a decision to be taken”. He added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com