Parliamentary Vetting Committee to go ahead with Amidu's vetting despite court suit

 Information gathered by kofi.asante.blogspot.com indicates the vetting of Martin Amidu is set to go ahead despite the last minutes suit as the committee is yet to be officially served at time of filling this report.

 Inside source reveals the committee have  received only one petition from lawyer Chris Akummey against the candidature of Martin Amidu.

For now any decision to stop the vetting tomorrow will have to come from the speaker of Parliament.

The Former Deputy Attorney General under erstwhile Mahama administration, Dominic Ayine just filed a suit at the Supreme Court to challenge the candidature and the Parliamentary vetting with subsequent approval of the Special Prosecutor nominee Martin Amidu.

Dr Dominic Ayine claims Martin Amidu, 66, is beyond the statutory age of employment into public service and is seeking order of the court to have his nomination annulled.

In the event Parliament proceeds with the vetting and approves same, Ayine wants the court to go ahead and annul the approval of Martin Amidu.

In a statement of case, Ayine is praying the court to declare that "by true and proper interpretation of Articles 190(1) (d) and 199 (4) of the 1992 Constitution, no person above the age of 65 years is eligible for employment in any public office created under Article 190(1) (d)."

The suit comes barely 24 hours to the much-anticipated vetting of Martin Amidu by the Appointment Committee of Parliament,