{"id":468413,"date":"2018-02-28T12:21:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/ill-not-support-law-school-entrance-exams-muntaka\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:21:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:21:38","slug":"ill-not-support-law-school-entrance-exams-muntaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/ill-not-support-law-school-entrance-exams-muntaka\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll not support law school entrance exams \u2013 Muntaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/65489479.295.jpg\" alt=\"Muntaka Mubarak2\" title=\"Muntaka Mubarak2\" width=\"295\" height=\"204\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519820498_166_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said he will oppose the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament\u2019s recommendation to amend the law to allow the entrance exams at the Ghana School of Law School.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Committee\u2019s conclusions to allow the exams but reject the interviews, Mr. Mubarak said on Eyewitness News that \u201cthey have rules and I respect what they have done but I disagree with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a meeting with the General Legal Council and the Attorney General\u2019s office over the controversial Legal Profession Regulations 2017 LI, the Subsidiary Legislation Committee decided to also reject petitions for the scrapping of the entrance examinations for admission into the school.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Committee has said that its decision to back the entrance exams, despite the opposition from law students and some observers is because the exams will be conducted within the remits of the law by the General Legal Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Legal Professions Act 32 makes provision for preliminary, intermediate and final examinations.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Muntaka argued that \u201cit is not only when there are inconsistencies in law that Parliament decides to reject things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MP made reference to Parliament\u2019s decision to shelve the Plant Breeders Bill, which was met with some opposition from some stakeholders within the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe represent the people and  we need to listen to them at all times and because of that, Parliament had to suspend the proceedings on the Plant Breeders Bill not because there was anything wrong with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News earlier, the Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, Mahama Ayariga, indicated that the General Legal Council has received some Cabinet backing for the Bill amending the legal professions Act, Act 32 to the satisfaction of critics.<\/p>\n<p>He told Citi News that this was done to enable the Ghana School of Law process admissions for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two Bills, when they come, will address the wider concerns of the public and the law school,\u201d Mr. Ayariga said.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Muntanka responded to this saying the committee was putting the cart before the horse by passing the LI, then later amending the Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am still optimistic of Parliament that the generality of members of Parliament will look at this issue as a serious concern that is being raised by the ordinary citizen of this country and we cannot just push it away because it is a real issue\u2026 I will strongly oppose it and I will continue to encourage members to oppose it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The LI was drawn up and laid in Parliament on December 22, 2017, in response to the Supreme Court order directing a parliamentary approved admission process into the Ghana School of Law and calls to the Bar.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html 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the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament\u2019s recommendation to amend the law to allow the entrance exams at the Ghana School of Law School. 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