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The legal counsel for the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has delivered a stinging critique of actions by a key plaintiff who brought a recent case against the Speaker to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Thaddeus Sory using allegorical language and sharp analysis, compared the plaintiff\u2019s efforts to the story of a bat urinating heavenwards\u2014a futile act doomed by the laws of gravity.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy people have a story they tell of the bat and how it urinates. They say it [the bat] urinates heavenwards,\u201d Mr Sory said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the bat\u2019s actions represent a deliberate but misguided attempt to challenge a higher authority, inevitably causing self-inflicted harm.<\/p>\n
Mr Sory argued that the Supreme Court case, initiated over a parliamentary precedent set by Bagbin, disrupted Parliament\u2019s operations unnecessarily.<\/p>\n
He highlighted that the same precedent had been applied years ago by Bagbin\u2019s predecessor without controversy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Speaker\u2019s predecessor applied the precedent, and all and sundry accepted it without cavil. The present Speaker applied the same precedent, and the temperature in the country is taken to fever pitch,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Mr Sory criticised the plaintiff, likening them to the mythical Sisyphus, who was condemned to push a boulder uphill only for it to roll back down.<\/p>\n
He noted the irony that the plaintiff, after hailing the court\u2019s decision as a victory for democracy, later appeared to backtrack.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter chalking a momentous victory against the Speaker of Parliament\u2026the judgment has not even been entered or served on the Speaker. Now there is a subtle plea that the Speaker should use his discretion to recall Parliament,\u201d Mr Sory pointed out.<\/p>\n
He stressed the contradiction in the plaintiff\u2019s approach, which initially questioned the Speaker\u2019s authority but later sought his intervention to recall Parliament.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow the victor does not intend to use the Supreme Court\u2019s power to compel the Speaker\u2026 Now the Speaker is seen [I may now say with a smile, respected] as the final authority to decide matters relating to Parliament,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Mr Sory defended Bagbin\u2019s position, noting that the Speaker had always maintained that parliamentary issues should be resolved within Parliament.<\/p>\n
He also accused the plaintiff of ignoring the role of their own caucus members in Parliament\u2019s adjournment due to a lack of quorums.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike a cry baby, Sisyphos conveniently forgets\u2026that when Parliament adjourned twice, it is because his own members denied Parliament of a decisional quorum,\u201d Mr Sory said.<\/p>\n
Mr Sory further questioned the plaintiff\u2019s ethical consistency, particularly their demand to represent the Speaker in court despite being openly opposed to him.<\/p>\n
He suggested that such actions lacked honesty and fairness.<\/p>\n
\u201cCry babe, you want to represent the Speaker when you are openly and diametrically opposed to him? Is that honest or ethical?\u201d Mr Sory quizzed.<\/p>\n
He also took aim at the plaintiff\u2019s criticism of lawyers who critique court judgments, accusing them of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst so crying, he forgets his criticism of the Court of Appeal judgment which acquitted Jakpa and a leader in Parliament,\u201d Mr Sory added.<\/p>\n
He concluded by urging a firm stance against what he described as the plaintiff\u2019s \u201ccry baby\u201d behaviour.<\/p>\n
Mr Sory called for discipline and accountability, likening indulgence toward such actions to enabling a spoiled child.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time the cry babies should be told NO with a hard knock accompanied by a stern warning to immediately get weaned of such behaviour,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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