It has emerged that one of the Justices of the Supreme Court that overturned Speaker Bagbin’s ruling in parliament is a known card-bearing member of the New Patriotic Party and the Parliamentary candidate for Ho Central in the 2016 elections.
Photos have emerged of Supreme Court Justice Ernest Gaewu captured in a 2016 poster as a contestant for the Ho central constituency seat on the ticket of the NPP.
He, however, lost the election polling only 6, 031 of the total votes as compared to winner Benjamin Kpodo who polled 47, 330 votes.
The nomination of Justice Gaewu in 2023 caused heated discussions on social media with most Ghanaians suggesting that his nomination does not augur well for the independence of the Judiciary.
Yesterday Friday, October 18, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana temporarily halted Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s ruling on the vacant four seats in Parliament.
This ruling came after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament filed an application at the Supreme Court for the court to interpret the law.
The Supreme Court has directed Parliament to officially recognize the four MPs who Speaker Bagbin declared their seats vacant, allowing them to represent their constituents.
The decision reinstates the NPP as the majority caucus in Parliament.
Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu has been fingered as one of the five-member panel of Supreme Court justices, led by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo who delivered the ruling.
Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu formerly a constituency chairman and parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the Ho West and Ho Central constituencies, Justice Gaewu transitioned to the judiciary in 2020. He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge in April 2023.
