Counsel for South Dayi MP, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, has suggested that Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame challenge the Speaker of Parliament's ruling if he disagrees with the interpretation of an interlocutory injunction.

Speaker Alban Bagbin suspended the consideration of ministerial appointees on March 20, citing an interlocutory injunction filed by MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor.

However, the Attorney-General disagreed, stating that Parliament was not restrained from vetting and approving ministerial nominees.

Mr. Dame communicated his concerns to the Speaker but was advised by the MP's lawyer to seek judicial clarification rather than just expressing his opinion.

The lawyer emphasized the importance of obtaining a proper interpretation from the court, speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story on March 21.

“If the Speaker has made a ruling and you disagree with the ruling, what do you do? You can take it to court. That the Speaker made a ruling based on what 'I consider to be an erroneous interpretation of a process that he has received.' There is nothing preventing the Attorney-General from suing the Speaker or anybody else from suing the Speaker and saying that 'Mr Speaker you received a writ on this day , the writ had an injunctive relief on it, so in our opinion, nothing stops you from proceeding even though you have received that writ. That is how you challenge a Speaker's ruling.

“Challenge the Speaker's ruling in court but if you write an opinion to the Speaker; well that is his right. I don’t know what the Speaker will do with that opinion,” he said.

Mr. Addo contended that the Speaker, a seasoned attorney, may have put a hold on the ministerial appointees' approval in order to avoid being found in contempt of court.

“If being a party to the suit in the Supreme Court decided that based upon his receipt of a writ that had an injunctive relief on it, he was refraining himself from conducting himself in a manner that will be potentially infringing on the relief that the person was going to seek and potentially could put him in a contempt situation, what is wrong with that?” he quizzed.