Parliament will sit on CI creating new constituencies injunction or not - Cletus Avoka
There has been yet another hurdle in the creation of 45 new constituencies; this time lawyers for a businessman, Ransford France, opposing the creation of the constituencies have applied for an interim injunction at the Supreme Court to stop Parliament from sitting on the CI in order for it to mature.
The Speaker of Parliament last week recalled MPs from recess to begin sitting from Monday so that Constitutional Instrument legitimising the creation of the constituencies could mature by the 28 September, 2012.
Lawyer for the plaintiff, Godfred Dame, however says Parliament, by the injunction is barred from sitting on the matter.
According to him, his client took this latest action because the Supreme Court could only hear the substantive case currently pending before the courts in respect of the subject in October by which time the CI would have matured if Parliament is allowed to sit.