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Doe Adjaho takes Presidential oath
The Chief Justice in accordance with article 60 (11) of the constitution was in Parliament Wednesday morning to administer the presidential oath.
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Both President John Mahama and his deputy Kwesi Amissah-Arthur are out of the country on official business.
Read more: Supreme Court orders Speaker of Parliament to swear Presidential oathPresident John Mahama will on Thursday March 17 pay an official visit to the Scottish parliament. He left Accra Wednesday.
After reading out the president’s letter informing the house of his absence, Mr. Adjaho took the oath.
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It would be recalled that a nine member supreme court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Akuffo, by a unanimous decision, ordered that the speaker of parliament must at all times take the oath of the president anytime he has to assume the position due to the absence of the president or the vice.
The judges also said the decision to swear the oath reminds anyone who takes up the position of the responsibilities and duties required.
The Chief Executive Officer of Citi FM, Samuel Atta-Mensah in his suit sought the court to declare as unconstitutional, the Speaker’s decision not to be sworn in as President before acting in that capacity.
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The Speaker has on two separate occasions, refused to take the oath of office, while the President and his vice, were on official assignments.
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