The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, challenging the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Mr. Kuranchie had previously filed a case against the Attorney General (AG) and the OSP, seeking a Supreme Court ruling to declare the OSP unconstitutional.
In his writ, Mr Kuranchie requested the Supreme Court to declare the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (ACT 957) as being in violation of several articles of the 1992 Constitution. The act in question was established to allow the OSP to investigate specific allegations or suspicions of corruption and corruption-related offences involving public officers, politically exposed persons, and individuals in the private sector.
Mr. Kuranchie had filed a similar case against the OSP last year, which he later discontinued a few months ago before filing a new case recently.
The OSP received a hearing notice last week regarding the case for which Mr Kuranchie had filed a notice of discontinuance.
After discussions on the notice of discontinuance, the Supreme Court dismissed the initial case, emphasising that the OSP should not be burdened with such lawsuits and should focus on its duties.
With the court decision, the new case filed by Mr Kuranchie has effectively become irrelevant.
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