Supreme Court Ruling on the Speaker Dissolution Writ

After a long week of political crisis and Supreme Court challenges between the Opposition party and the Speaker of Parliament pending the outcome of the dissolution of the twentieth parliament, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court the Hon. Geoffrey Eames QC, as finally made a ruling on the dissolution, stating that the Speaker of Parliament’s writ for dissolution is void and of no effect. Therefore the Chief Justice has directed the Speaker of Parliament the Hon. Ludwig Scotty to reconvene parliament within the next 28 days. According to the Chief Justice Mr Eames on the question of whether the Chief Justice has the power to direct parliament, he said the Chief Justice role is to interpret and protect the Constitution of Nauru, so to avoid any dictatorial mandatory provisions that are not in line with the Supreme Law.