Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho
The operation of the legal counsel for the Volta Region house of chiefs is faced with technical hitches and cannot make the office function properly until the resolution of emerging conflicts in the chieftaincy institution of the country.
One problem was that the term of office of the current president had expired and without a substantive president and judicial committee there cannot be any intervention to settle the scores of chieftaincy disputes that had bedeviled the region.
The newly appointed legal counsel, Mr Dzanku Kwadzo-Kuma who disclosed this to the “Daily Graphic” in an interview also said the stumbling block on the work of the house of chiefs is an alleged writ filed by one Tetteh from Tema challenging some sections of the chieftaincy act which according to the plaintiff does not conform to the 1992 constitution.
Lawyer Dzanku said not until the case was determined there can be no fresh elections at the house of chiefs all over the country adding that it is incumbent on the Attorney-General to go to the Supreme Court to dismiss the writ.
According to him, the section quoted in the writ by the applicant does not exist in the chieftaincy act.
He indicated that not until the chieftaincy act is amended by parliament any attempt to overturn its provisions would be illegal.
There are about 30 chieftaincy cases comprising, substantive, motions and appeals that had been filed for judicial hearing at the house of chiefs but without a judicial committee those cases cannot be tackled.
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