The lead convener of the Fix The Country Movement, Oliver Barker in previous weeks filed an application to commit the Ghana Revenue Authority for contempt over the electronic transfer levy. Today, the Supreme court judges sat to hear the application, and after, they threw out the application and in addition awarded Oliver Barker, a cost of GHc 10,000.
Oliver Barker shared an excerpt of the ruling of the Supreme Court.
“1. Because we are not parties to the NDC’s matter before the Supreme Court, we have no locus standi seek to commit for contempt the GRA, which is itself not a party to that case. As such our application is “vexatious and frivolous”
2. Instead of titling our case “Republic vs…”; our application said “In the matter of an application under Article 126(2) of the 1992 Constitution.… Ex parte [name of applicant]”
This has gotten many Ghanaians to massively react. Some Ghanaians wondered if Oliver Barker himself did not know that the Supreme Court will not favor him.
Source: Gentle Blogger
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