PRINCE OBIRI-KORANG V. ATTORNEY GENERAL
(2024) JELR 112342 (SC)
Supreme Court
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WRIT NO. J1/18/2021
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24 Jul 2024
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Ghana
Coram
BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, AMADU JSC
KULENDI JSC, GAEWU JSC, DARKO ASARE JSC, ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC
Appearances
LEONARD SEDZRU FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.
KWAME AMENING KORATENG FOR APLLICANTS/RESPONDENTS.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>JUDGMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>AMADU JSC</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>INTRODUCTION</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">My Lords, the preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992, provides;</p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>We the People of Ghana,</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>IN EXERCISE of our natural and inalienable right to establish a framework of government, which shall secure for ourselves, and posterity the blessings of liberty, equality of opportunity and prosperity;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>IN A SPIRIT of friendship and peace with all peoples of the world;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>AND IN SOLEMN declaration and affirmation of our commitment to: Freedom, Justice, Probity and Accountability;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>The Principle that all powers of Government spring from the Sovereign Will of the People;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>The Principle of Universal Adult Suffrage;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>The Rule of Law;</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>The protection and preservation of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms, Unity and Stability for our Nation.</em></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>DO HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.</em></strong></p></blockquote><ol><li><p style="text-align: justify">The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992, from its very preamble amplifies certain core values, pillars and features upon which it …</p></li></ol>