Parliament defers judges approval to Supreme Court

Parliament on Thursday deferred the approval of the President's nominations for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court to Friday 25 October due to the lack of quorum after a long debate on the report of the Appointments Committee.

The Members from both sides of the House commended the nominees for proving themselves knowledgeable, competent and capable of occupying the positions to which they had been nominated.

Eugene Atta Agyepong, Deputy Chairman of the committee moved the motion for the adoption of the report and said the Committee was persuaded towards the conviction that the President's nominees were severally excellent materials, fine minded, balanced, very knowledgeable, forthright, frank and articulate.

He said the committee in taking account of their observations and deliberations accordingly recommended that the House approved the nominees for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court.

Earlier, Ms Akua Sena Dansua, NDC- North Dayi had on two occasions drawn the attention of the House to the lack of quorum and at the end of contributions the House failed to approve the appointment of the nominees due to the lack of the presence of at least one-third of members as required by the Standing Orders.