Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has disagreed with the Supreme Court’s ruling on an application seeking to restrain President John Dramani Mahama from removing the immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare and other security agency heads.
A five-member panel ruled that the application for an interlocutory injunction does not prevent the President from carrying out his public and administrative duties.
The application, filed by IMANI Ghana and Security Analyst Professor Kwesi Aning, aimed to stop the President from replacing the security service heads until the final determination of the case.
However, Kofi Bentil disagreed with the court’s decision.
“I was impressing on the court that even though the act has happened, in our view in law, it is void or voidable. And I was trying to impress on the court to take that kind of step, to send a message to everybody.
“Now what the court has said is that, as far as they are concerned, the process we filed, which will be ruled upon on May 7, will have a prospective effect. It will have a future effect.”
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