Richard Sky has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court challenging Speaker Alban Bagbin’s decision to allow the Minority to vote on the 2022 budget statement and government economic strategy in the absence of the Majority in Parliament.
According to the petitioner, the Speaker of Parliament failed to comply with Article 104(1) of the 1992 Constitution, rendering the fiscal policy rejection unlawful.
The applicant has, therefore, beseeched the court to declare Parliament’s rejection of the 2022 budget null and void.
On Friday, November 26, the Majority in Parliament staged an unprecedented walkout during the approval of the 2022 budget.
The Speaker, however, proceeded with the deliberations with only the Minority side which ended with the budget being rejected.
In view of this, Mr. Sky in his suit has requested for five reliefs from the Supreme Court, three of which are in the form of declarations and two in the form of orders.
