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The Attorney-General Godfred Dame has said that he applied for a speedy hearing of the injunction application that was filed by the South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor against the consideration of the ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He explained that the Court Act and the Constitution permit a party to a case to apply for expeditious hearing of the case hence he does not understand the criticism against the Supreme Court for hearing this matter quickly.
Speaking to journalists in Accra after the Supreme Court dismissed Dafeakpeos’ application, Mr Dame said “The duty to fix the date for the hearing rests with the registry of the Supreme Court and I do not understand where this business of people actually scrutinizing when applications are fixed for hearing or why this case has not been fixed for hearing, came from.
“Back in the day, if you file an application in the Supreme Court of Ghana it takes you even three months for you to get a date for a hearing. It is only after a party has made an application for an expeditious determination of the process that the matter will come up for hearing. even the record show that in this particular case, I specifically applied for an expeditious determination of the matter so it is not the Supreme Court of Ghana picking and choosing which location should hear and not to hear.
“My first application for an expedited hearing hearing of a matter in the Supreme Court I did it way back in 2006 and I did another one in 2013 when we were in opposition. so it is always the prerogative of the Supreme Court registry to fix applications for hearing and if the date for the hearing has not been fixed or it is too far it is incumbent on the party to apply for the CJ in accordance with the court act and constitution for an expedited hearing.”
