{"id":1067678,"date":"2022-04-26T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/26\/i-knew-the-odds-were-against-me-justice-abdulai-on-dismissed-review-of-deputy-speaker-voting-case\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T16:21:38","slug":"i-knew-the-odds-were-against-me-justice-abdulai-on-dismissed-review-of-deputy-speaker-voting-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/26\/i-knew-the-odds-were-against-me-justice-abdulai-on-dismissed-review-of-deputy-speaker-voting-case\/","title":{"rendered":"I knew the odds were against me \u2013 Justice Abdulai on dismissed review of Deputy Speaker voting case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1650990098_407_Supreme-Court-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Supreme Court\" title=\"Supreme Court\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Private legal practitioner, Justice Abdulai, has indicated that he expected the Supreme Court to reject his quest to get them set aside the March 9 judgement on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker while presiding over proceedings of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Abdulai, a review application is probably one of the most difficult things to succeed at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>On March 9, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a Deputy Speaker of Parliament retains his voting rights as an MP even when presiding over proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing the review case today, also in a unanimous decision, the apex court dismissed the plaintiff\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interacting with the press following proceedings, Justice Abdulai noted that \u201cI knew the odds were against me. Some had predicted 1:100. I had predicted almost zero, except that I still moved forward just because in principle, I believe the Supreme Court is made of seasoned lawyers and if you make strong arguments before them, they are amenable to review their decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Accepting the court\u2019s verdict, he therefore urged Ghanaians to \u201cmove on as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Jones Dotse, who presided over the case on Tuesday dismissed the application saying it had failed to meet the threshold required for a review case to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe application is accordingly dismissed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The review case was heard by Justices Dotse, Nene Amegatcher, Prof Ashie Kotey, Lovelace Johnson, Mariama Owusu, Clemence Honyenuga, Gertrude Torkonoo, Prof. Mensah Bonsu and Emmanuel Kulendi.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0tf8BCHnKKk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One-On-One With Mireku Duker, Deputy Minister - Lands and Natural Resource -  Adom TV (26-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0tf8BCHnKKk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Private legal practitioner, Justice Abdulai, has indicated that he expected the Supreme Court to reject his quest to get them set aside the March 9 judgement on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker while presiding over proceedings of Parliament. 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