{"id":466492,"date":"2018-02-22T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/ayines-lawsuit-is-against-ghanas-progress-majority\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T06:30:32","slug":"ayines-lawsuit-is-against-ghanas-progress-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/ayines-lawsuit-is-against-ghanas-progress-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayine\u2019s lawsuit is against Ghana\u2019s progress \u2013 Majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>XYZ <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/49821827.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine\" title=\"Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dominic Ayine, Bolgatanga MP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519281032_36_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The majority in Parliament has condemned the lawsuit of Bolgatanga MP, Dr. Dominic Ayine against Mr. Martin Amidu as the Special prosecutor, saying it opposes national development.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ayine, a former deputy Attorney General under the John Mahama administration, kicked against the approval of Mr. Amidu on Tuesday following a Supreme Court suit but the House eventually approved him.<\/p>\n<p>XYZ News\u2019 Parliamentary correspondent, Charles Akrofi reported that Dr Ayine, who is also Deputy Minority Ranking Member on Constitutional Affairs committee drew on Standing order 93(1), to support his claim, but Mr Amidu was eventually approved after the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, ruled against Dr. Ayine\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the issues of the lawsuit on Morning Xpress on Radio XYZ Wednesday, the deputy Majority Chief Whip, Matthew Nyindam, said the drama that happened in parliament prior to Mr Amidu\u2019s confirmation was \u201can affront to parliament\u201d because to him, Dr. Ayine should have waited for the apex court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>He said Parliament\u2019s approval of the Special Prosecutor did not in any way \u201cprejudice the court\u2019s [future] decision\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Describing  the suit, Mr Nyindam, who is also the MP for Kpandai, said: \u201cThose things do not promote development.  It doesn\u2019t promote democracy, it doesn\u2019t promote transparency and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you look at the suit and the application they themselves made, those who are in court including my senior brother, Dr. Ayine they are saying that whatever the parliament is doing if the court upholds their application it means whatever parliament has done is null and void so what is their fear again?. . So it [Dr. Ayine\u2019s objection] was needless. . .I thought maybe he wanted to be heard [and] wanted to show that he\u2019sa member of parliament, he\u2019s in court and everybody should hear him but it was a wrong forum,\u201d said Mr Nyindam.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Court Will Uphold Amidu\u2019s Appointment<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, on Tuesday, shockingly disclosed that  the Supreme Court will uphold the appointment of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor in the pending law suit.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what the outcome of the suit filed by former deputy Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine challenging the eligibility of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor will be.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking to journalists after Parliament had approved the nomination of Mr. Amidu, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice said she is \u201cconfident that Martin Amidu\u2019s appointment will be confirmed by the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no cloud as far as I am concerned . . .Somebody thinks that age is a bar to it [Amidu\u2019s appointment]. I think not,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Arguing on the merit of the approval, Madam Akuffo said \u201cThe mere initiation of a suit does not serve as an injunction. In the absence of that, I think Parliament is right in proceeding with the approval. In the absence of an injunction Parliament is free to proceed and they are right to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amidu is expected to be sworn soon by President Nana Akufo-Addo to become the first Special Prosecutor of the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018 Source: XYZ 2018-02-22 Dominic Ayine, Bolgatanga MP The majority in Parliament has condemned the lawsuit of Bolgatanga MP, Dr. Dominic Ayine against Mr. Martin Amidu as the Special prosecutor, saying it opposes national development. 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