The lead convener for the 499 aggrieved law students who were denied admissions into the Ghana School of Law despite making the 50 percent pass mark, Asare Hassan, has indicated that he believes the court of law will act in the students interest.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues about the Attorney General’s, Godfred Dame, stance on Parliament’s directive to refuse their admission, he indicated that although things are not certain, they are hopeful that the court will act since they have taken the issue to court.
“We are in court as we rightly said and we also believe that the court will also act in our interest and then we can take it off from there”.
Asare Hassan
Mr. Hasan posited that they are hoping the Attorney General would act on the ‘resolution’ even though it is not binding. He, however, said the outlook of the issue looks a bit gloomy. He intimated that despite “the back and forth, they have not lost hope”.
“There is hope because as I indicated, the wordings are not straight. In fact, when Parliament actually gave the resolution, I said we are happy but we were not celebrating or jubilating”.
Asare Hassan
AG’s stance doesn’t speak to the issue
Asare Hassan averred that the issue is still the same as it stands because taking into consideration the wording of the Attorney General, it doesn’t really speak to the issue as to whether “they are going to do it or they are not going to do it”.
“As we speak, we are getting our hope from two things: the statement of the Attorney General and we also believe that the court will also act. They said they are looking into it but as to what end that’s what we don’t know. So that is the puzzle that we are trying to resolve which gives us a little bit of hope. If he had said that he wouldn’t do it, that is different”.
Asare Hassan
The aggrieved 499 law students are clinging unto hope of getting admission into the Ghana school of law even though their colleagues have started classes already. This is despite the Attorney General, Godfred Dame’s stance against parliament’s move to get the students admitted.
The Attorney General has refused to get them admitted into the school stating that Parliament does not have the power to compel the Ghana Legal Council to admit the students who attained the 50% mark in accordance with the examination rules.
Parliament and AG in a needless display of power
Also speaking on this issue, the former director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL), Kwaku Ansah-Asare, has described the exchanges between Parliament and the office of the Attorney General as “needless display of power”.
Ansah-Asare said Parliament’s directive is unconstitutional and would expect Parliament not to wade into this unnecessary show. He described Parliament’s involvement in the issue as detestable.
He then urged the aggrieved students to continue to seek legal redress on the matter.
