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Haruna Iddrisu, minority leader in Parliament
The leader of the minority in parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would oppose the decision of the High Court of Accra on Tuesday that the deputy of Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, would be entitled to a trial in a criminal case brought against him by the special prosecutor.
According to Mr. Iddrisu, they would soon go to the Supreme Court for an interpretation, reports Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson of Graphic Online, who will appear in court on Tuesday.
Iddrisu and a group of opposition NDC parliamentarians appeared in court Tuesday in solidarity with Ayariga, accused of fraudulent tax evasion on imported vehicles.
Ayariga had previously stated that he would not be able to honor the convening of the Special Prosecutor's Office because Parliament would sit that day.
Mr. Ayariga, in a letter to the Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr. Martin Amidu, dated Sunday, June 2, stated that he could not honor the summons of Tuesday, June 4, and could only be present in court any other day not respected. coincides with parliamentary sessions.
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He also warned that any conduct by the PS that impeded or impeded the exercise of his right to appear before Parliament that day would constitute contempt of Parliament and added that he did not want to do so. was reluctant to give up his parliamentary duties to respond to what he termed "unduly timed invitation". ".
However, on Tuesday morning, the High Court in Accra ordered that he appear in court.
When he appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon, the court found that Ayariga being an accused and not a witness, he was not immune from his trial.
Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson, of Graphic Online, told the court that Judge Botwe had rendered his decision following a certificate filed by the Speaker of the Parliament with the court clerk asking him to exempt Ayariga from the trial because he attended parliamentary debates.
In a media interview after the hearing, Mr. Iddrisu baderted that the judge did not take into account all the provisions of the 1992 Constitution that dealt with power legislative.
He added that Mahama Ayariga was not asking to be exempted from the trial.
"All he asks is to be able to work as the trial progresses," he said.
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