Gitmo 2 Bill tabled in parliament

Europa 16:51 - 27 July 2017

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The government was recently ordered by the Supreme Court to send to parliament for ratification, the agreement between the two countries that allowed the transfer of the two ex-Gitmos.

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has asked the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House to deliberate on the agreement between Ghana and the United States to host two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees in Ghana.

The Speaker took the decision on Thursday after the Gitmo Bill was tabled in the House.

The court in June this year declared as unconstitutional, the agreement which has Ghana hosting the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees.

It will be recalled that Margaret Banful and Henry Nana Boakye filed a suit against the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, and Minister of Interior on the relocation of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammed Salih Al-Dhuby in Ghana without seeking parliamentary approval.

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The two ex-detainees: Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, arrived in Ghana on Thursday January 7, 2016 for a two-year stay as part of a deal reached between the United States of America and the Government of Ghana.