With the ruling of the Supreme court, the hands of the executive will be tied unnecessarily in their international diplomatic dealings. That's according to Member of Parliament for Builsa constituency, James Agalga, who believes the supreme court’s ruling in the Gitmo 2 case for the Executive arm of government to subject all its conduct in their diplomatic relations to the ratification of Parliament will unnecessarily make the work difficult for the Executive.
The supreme court on Thursday June 22 ruled that the acceptance of the two Gitmo detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby by the former Mahama led administration which sparked  lot of controversies in the country is unconstitutional. Government has been asked to in 3 months present the agreement to Parliament for ratification or send the two detainees back to the US.
Speaking on JoyFM’s Newsfile, Mr Agalga said the decision by the Supreme court for all Executive diplomatic relations to be subjected to Parliament for approval will make the work of the Executive laborious. Most of these agreements come with a lot of secrecy, subjecting it to Parliament will break that secrecy code to the detriment of the country and any other country involved in the agreement.
According to him the decision by the court will unduly delay some major diplomatic decisions necessary to maintain ties with Ghana's international allies. He noted, these time honoured practices are same everywhere in the world.
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