A five-man Supreme Court bench has dismissed the application filed by Leader of the Opposition, Belden Namah questioning Speaker Job Pomat’s failure to process the Motion of No Confidence during a Parliament session in December 2020.
They ruled that the Speaker did not deprive Members of Parliament their right to move and debate the motion of no confidence as the motion remained alive and could be lawfully dealt with when Parliament resumed on 20th of April.
Namah in his submissions said Speaker Job Pomat’s decision to adjourn the case to 20th of April 2021 from the December 2020 Parliament sitting was in breach of section 111 and 115 of the Constitution.
In their ruling yesterday, the five man bench unanimously dismissed the application on grounds that speaker did not deprive Members of Parliament their right to move and debate of on the motion of no confidence could be dealt with when Parliament resumed on 20th of April.
The Court ordered that the applicant, Belden Namah pay all costs for the interveners, Speaker Job Pomat and Attorney General Dr. Eric Kwa.