The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has expressed concerns over lawsuits filed against yet-to-be-assented to bills passed.
He says that the Supreme Court cannot hear such cases because that undermines the work of the legislative arm of government.
He served notice that if this trend is not stopped the work of lawmakers will be of no consequence.
Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bagbin indicated that ” When it comes to lawmaking until all the processes in this house are exhausted, there is no business for anybody including a court to consider because the Constitution, as the enabling legislation, takes care of all these challenges. Until it is a law, it is assented to by the President judiciary has no jurisdiction to try to find into it.
“This is noteworthy, we have to take this seriously, or else our legislative authority is being taken away from us by other agencies and arms of government, that should be resisted by this house, or else your being here is of no consequence.
“The law is very clear on this and so until a bill is assented to by the president nobody has any business to take that process that is being considered by the House to the court, I don’t want to pre-empt the judgment of the Supreme Court in this matter but I have given notice because on daily basis I am being served with writs as party on matters that are being considered by the House, that is why I am compelled to say this.”
His comments come at a time when the Supreme Court has scheduled July 17, 2024, to rule on Dr. Amanda Odoi’s application for an interlocutory injunction against the transmission of the anti-gay bill to the presidency by Parliament.
