The SRC executive portfolio aspirants vetting scheduled for this evening 24th March, 2017 has been postponed indefinitely after an interim injunction was placed on it at the SRC Court by Alfred Ababio Kumi, who was disqualified purportedly for not having the requisite 3.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).
The statement from the Chief Justice of the SRC Court Greg Asiedu is reproduced below:
As established by the Supreme Court in the case of 18TH JULY v YAHENS, for a plaintiff to succeed in an action for an interim injunction, the following elements must be present. It must first be established that there is a serious triable issue before the court. Secondly, the plaintiff must show that he will suffer irreparable damages should the application be refused.
SINCE no amount of damages awarded him by the court can cure the INJUSTICE. It must also be established that the BALANCE OF CONVENIENCE favours the grant of the interim injunction.
Lastly, the plaintiff must be willing to make an UNDERTAKING IN DAMAGES should the action fail. In the wisdom of the BENCH, the balance of convenience favours the grant of the interim injunction since should the court go ahead to deny the application the plaintiff seeks to suffer IRREPARABLE DAMAGES which the court cannot compensate him for. And this will amount to a great deal of injustice to the applicant herein.
Also, counsels of the plaintiff in their erudite submission adverted the mind of the court to the fact that there is a SERIOUS ISSUE OF LAW TO BE TRIED. In light of the above, the court HEREBY GRANTS THE APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM INJUNCTION, restraining the RESPONDENTS AND THEIR ASSIGNEES from carrying out the vetting process scheduled for today, the 24rd of March, 2017 until the substantive case has been determined by the SRC JUDICIAL BOARD.
GREGORY ASIED(CJ)
SGD
Many students who were around to witness the vetting had to leave disappointed together with the members of the Vetting Panel.
It is unclear when the panel will meet to carry through with the exercise. But Abotsi Derrick, the SRC External Committee Head and a member of the vetting panel fears this may delay the entire Electoral calendar and can even force for an acting President to be appointed to steer the affairs of the SRC if things remain as it is.