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General News of Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-01-23
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The Supreme Court dismissed a complaint challenging the state's involvement in the construction of a national cathedral and the establishment of the Hajj administration council.
In a unanimous decision, a seven-member court found that the state's decision had not violated any constitutional provisions.
Rather, he believed that state actions were aimed at ensuring social cohesion and unity, with Christians and Muslims representing 88 percent of the country's population.
As a result, she dismissed the action on the ground that the plaintiff, James Kwabena Bomfeh, had raised no constitutional issue of interpretation or execution.
The judgment was read by the presiding Judge, Judge Sophia Adinyera.
Judges Jones Dotse, Anin Yeboah, Sule Gbadegbe, Vida Akoto-Bamfo and A.A. Benin were also members of the panel.
The case of Bomfeh
In March of last year, Mr. Bomfeh, Acting Secretary General of the Convention People's Party (CPP), invoked the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of First Instance, arguing that Ghana was a secular state and that he was so wrong excessively entangled in a religion or religious practice ".
He therefore asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the construction of the National Cathedral and the involvement of the state in the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
He sought "a statement that the decision of the Government of Ghana to approve, badist, badist, partially support and / or support the construction of a national cathedral near the State House of Ghana, for interdenominational Christian religious services, equates the Republic of Ghana's excessive entanglement in religion and therefore unconstitutional ".
Context
President Nana Akufo-Addo laid the groundwork for the construction of the National Cathedral on March 6, 2017, as part of the events marking the 60th anniversary of Ghana's independence.
Funding for this 5,000-seat building must come from individuals belonging to the Christian community.
Government plans to demolish houses, including housing judges, on the ground around Ridge in Accra to allow the construction of the cathedral sparked a debate, with the public divided over the project.
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