JUDGEMENT
SACKEY TORKORNOO (CJ):
Introduction
Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution provides for the manner in which the emoluments of a specified group of public office holders shall be determined. It reads:
Determination of Certain Emoluments
71 (1) The salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities and privileges available, to—
(a) the Speaker and Deputy Speakers and members of Parliament;
(b) the Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature;
(c) the Auditor-General, the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of the Electoral Commission, the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his Deputies and the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator;
(d) the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the other members of—
(i) a National Council for Higher Education howsoever described;
(ii) the Public Services Commission;
(iii) the National Media Commission;
(iv) the Lands Commission; and
(v) the National Commission for Civic Education;
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