Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has entreated the apex out to throw out Richard Dela Sky’s case involving the passage of the anti-LGBTQ bill as it is “frivolous.”
He made this statement when he expressed surprise at the Supreme Court’s prioritization of legal cases.
“The principle the Supreme Court has espoused here, if you apply that to the Richard Sky case, that case also has to be thrown out, because it is equally very frivolous because the Supreme Court has no power to stay the hands of the president.”
Specifically, he was shocked by the Supreme Court’s decision to address the case of South Dayi MP Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor before that of private legal practitioner Richard Dela Sky.
Dela Sky filed an application on March 5 with the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-gay bill, is null, void, and of no effect.
Sam George believes that the court’s order of proceedings would have been fairer if it had first heard the case regarding the anti-gay bill before addressing the matter involving the South Dayi MP.
“What is surprising to me is that the Chief Justice has not called the Richard Sky case, which is almost four weeks old, before the court to hear that, but has called the case that was less than a week old. Because it is the same principle.
“But if the judiciary is not being biased, if the judiciary is showing a mind of its own, especially the chief justice, showing a mind of their own, they would have called those cases because common sense is part of legislation and the work of the judiciary.”
Meanwhile, the apex court has dismissed the case brought to it by Mr Nelson Dafeamekpor, noting that it is frivolous.