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PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES PARTY (PPP) V. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

(2015) JELR 68933 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  CIVIL APPEAL NO. J1/8/2014  •  28 Jul 2015  •  Ghana

Coram
ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING), ANIN YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE BONNIE JSC, GBADEGBE JSC, AKOTO BAMFO (Mrs.) JSC, BENIN JSC, AKAMBA JSC

Judgement

JUDGEMENT AKAMBA, JSC: On 14th May 2015 this Court unanimously dismissed the above writ, but we reserved our reasons. We now proceed to indicate the reasons for the said decision.The Plaintiff is a duly established political party in Ghana. The Defendant is the nominal representative of the Republic. Plaintiff issued a writ in this Court on 31st March 2014 seeking seven reliefs. RELIEFS SOUGHTThe reliefs were fashioned as follows:“(a) A declaration that on the true and proper interpretation of articles 25 (1) (a) and 38 (2) of the 1992 Constitution, Government of Ghana had only twelve years commencing from January 7, 1993 to January 6, 2005 to have delivered to the Ghanaian Children of School going age free, compulsory and universal basic education and that the Government has failed in discharging the said constitutional duty imposed on her by the people of Ghana.(b) A declaration that on the true and proper interpretation of articles 14 (1) (e), 25 (1) (a) and 38 (2) of the 1992 Cons…

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