POLITICS

Following the discovery of mistakes and infractions on his nomination form, the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) disqualified Philip Appiah Kubi, the GFP’s new flagbearer. At a news conference on Tuesday, November 12, EC Chair Jean Mensa disclosed this announcement. The EC decided to exclude Kubi from running in the next …

Godfred Dame, the Attorney General (AG), has urged all parties to the dispute over the open parliamentary seats to follow the Supreme Court’s ruling. Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, applied to the Court to reverse its previous decision over his announcement of vacant seats in the House, and the …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has been urged by the majority in Parliament to call a new session of the House so that MPs can return to their legislative responsibilities. This appeal follows the Supreme Court’s decision to follow Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s challenge and overturn Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary …

The speaker of Parliament must abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to KT Hammond, the minister of trade and industry. Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, shifted the balance of power in Parliament on Thursday, October 17, when he announced the vacancy of four parliamentary seats. Amenfi Central, Suhum, …

By a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ghana declared that Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration that four seats were vacant was unconstitutional. The Speakers’ proclamation cannot stand, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo stated during a brief session on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. She stated that the verdict’s justifications would be …

Concerns regarding the decline of trust in Ghana’s judiciary have been voiced by prominent lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation recently published a paper that demonstrated a significant drop of almost 30% in Ghana’s judiciary’s purported neutrality between 2017 and 2023. Judicial impartiality is evaluated by the report’s indicator …

The injunction preventing Miss Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Amenfi Central, from running in the forthcoming parliamentary election has been lifted by the Sekondi High Court in the Western Region. Following an earlier adjournment on November 7, the decision was delivered on Monday, November 11, …

John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, has stated that he thinks the current parliamentary deadlock could have been settled out of court. Speaking on Monday, November 11, while in Kumasi for his fellowship with the clergy, Mahama stressed the value of communication and compromise in settling political …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has promised Ghanaians that his administration will maintain the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) program and provide the necessary funds to make it sustainable. Speaking about the policy at a meeting with Christian leaders in Kumasi on Monday, November 11, …

A nationwide strike has been declared by the Ghana Highway Authority’s (GHA) Union and Senior Staff Association. The strike will start on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, in protest of the National Roads Authority Act, 2024 (Act 1118), according to the union. Employees at GHA’s headquarters, regional offices, road maintenance units, …