GITMO 2: We’ve taken steps to ratify their stay – Mustapha Hamid - GITMO 2 have been comporting themselves
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In a statement signed and issued by Mr Mustapha Hamid on Thursday evening, in reaction to the Supreme Court ruling, he called for calm among the populace on the matter.
“Government has taken notice of the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on Thursday, 22nd June 2017 by a 6-1 majority, in the matter of Margarette Banful & Henry Nana Boakye Vrs Attorney General.”
“In the judgement of the Apex Court, presided over by new Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, has held that the agreement between the Governments of Ghana and the United States of America, for the resettlement of two (2) ex-detainees from Guantanamo Bay, required parliamentary approval in accordance with Article 75 (2) of the Constitution, and a failure to secure same makes the hosting of the two ex-detainees in Ghana unconstitutional.
“Consequently, the Court has instructed that the agreement be given Parliamentary approval within three (3) months or the ex-detainees deported out of Ghana upon a failure by Parliament to ratify the agreement."
“Government wants to assure the nation that the ex-detainees, who have been comporting themselves well since their arrival in Ghana, continue to be under the supervision of the security agencies.”
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