That is the context of the most recent confusion….
the President has determined that he not requires the providers of Dr. Dampare because the IGP.
He might be inside his rights to take action, and nobody can begrudge him for making his determination.
Nevertheless, l wish to make clear that this morning’s injunction filed by our attorneys was in furtherance of a swimsuit filed by IMANI and Prof. Kwesi Aning LAST YEAR, MARCH 2024 on the Supreme Courtroom, 9 months earlier than the December elections. It isn’t a recent case, and the injunction request was based mostly on many printed rumours about Dampare’s removing. It was not about any try to derail Nana Addo or John Mahama in any respect.
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We had been asking the apex court docket to problem a declaration that upon a real and correct interpretation of the letter and spirit of Articles 200, 202(1), 202(2), 202(3), 205, 207(1), 207(2), 207(3), 190(1), 191,196, 199, and 269 of the 1992 Structure of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana has no authority to terminate the appointment or removal from office heads of the agencies except solely upon confirmed acknowledged misconduct or misbehaviour established in opposition to these workplace holders.
These workplaces included the workplace of the Chief Fireplace Officer of the Fireplace Service; Inspector Basic of Police; Director Basic of Prisons Service, and Comptroller Basic of Immigration Service.
That the President of the Republic of Ghana upon assumption of Workplace doesn’t have the facility to make a recent appointment to the workplace of the Chief Fire Officer of the Fire Service; Inspector Basic of Police; Director General of Prisons Service and Comptroller General of the Immigration Service unless the immediate holder of the office is deceased.
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We’re additionally searching for to know that the appointment of the heads of those uniformed safety providers by a brand new president who has been voted into energy and sworn into workplace is unconstitutional.
There are regarding traits the place new governments compel the termination of the appointment of those heads whereas disregarding their constitutional rights. ln some instances, these removals happen earlier than the person occupants of the workplace attain the statutory age of retirement.
For example, in 2017, the then Director-Basic of the Prisons Service, Mr. Emmanuel Yao Adzator was requested to proceed on depart on the age of 54, and subsequently, one other was appointed in his stead.
At present, Dr. Dampare, aged 54, the rapid previous IGP has been eliminated by a brand new president with out stating any of the grounds within the Structure upon which he has been eliminated.
We had been due to this fact, demanding a consequential order to restrain or stop the President of the Republic from dismissing or eradicating or making an attempt to dismiss or take away the appointment of individuals occupying the workplaces of the Chief Fireplace Officer of the Fireplace Service; Inspector Basic of Police; Director-Basic of Prisons Service, Comptroller Basic of Immigration Service except solely in instances of confirmed and acknowledged misconduct or misbehaviour established in opposition to such individuals or upon retirement or resignation or loss of life or incapacity to carry out the features of the workplace due to infirmity of physique and thoughts.
Let’s all anticipate the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling on Could seventh 2025.
Thank You. .
