On the 12th day of November, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana by a majority decision of 5 -2, interpreted Article 97 (1) (g ) & (h) to the effect that a member of parliament who files nominations to contest elections on the ticket of a different political party other than the one for which he/she was elected as member of parliament, does loose his seat as a member of the current parliament.  This decision has drawn sharp division in views of opinion leaders, lawyers, academics and jurists.  In order to understand the reasoning behind the opinions of the two sides of the bench, you are encouraged to read the full case which can be downloaded in this article.   WHO ARE THE JUSTICES  Majority Y. DARKO ASARE J.S.C PG. SACKEY TORKONOO J.S.C (CJ),  M . OWUSU J.S.C.,  Y. GAEWU J.S.C.   S .K.A. ASIEDU J.S.C. Minority (dissenting) Tanko Amadu J.S.C.  Lovelace -Johnson J.S.C   SUMMARY OF CASE Four members of the 8th parliament of Ghana,...