Lawyers for the Speaker of Parliament has argued for Supreme Court Judge, Justice Gaewu to recuse himself from the case in relation to the Speaker’s declaration of vacant seats.The Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 30 begun hearing a suit filed by Speaker Bagbin for the Apex Court to vacate its ruling of a stay of execution on the Speaker’s declaration of vacant seats.Thaddeus Sory in court on Wednesday, October 30 argued that the said Justice had once affiliated with the NPP by contesting as an MP on the ticket of the party in the Volta Region, thus cannot be a Judge in the case.It would be recalled that following an ex parte motion filed by Afenyo Markin over the declaration of vacant seats by Bagbin, the Apex Court ordered for a stay of ruling on Bagbin’s declaration.In response, Bagbin filed an application at the apex court through his lawyer, Thaddeus Sory.The Speaker contends that the Supreme Court misapplied the law by putting on hold the execution of his ruling because it was a non-judicial decision.The Speaker in his reliefs pray the court to struck out its stay of execution of his ruling on the declaration of the four seats vacant.The Speaker is further seeking an order from the court to set aside the writ filed by the Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, which sought to prevent the Speaker from making any ruling on the four seats.According to the Speaker, the Supreme Court had powers to put on hold rulings of courts and not those of non-judicial bodies such as Parliament.
