A five man Supreme Court will rule this morning whether Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa has standing to bring a supreme court reference to the high court.
The reference essentially seeks the high courts opinion on the happenings in Parliament on June 5, 2024.
A motion of no confidence was declined by the Private Business Committee to have it put on notice paper the following day.
Lawyers for the Speaker and the Oppostion argue that Mr Tomuriesa has no standing and the questions raised were not important constitutional matters and parliament processes were not exhausted yet before coming to court.
If the high court rules that Mr Tomuriesa does not have standing, the case comes to an end.
If they rule he has standing, lawyer for the attorney General will raise issues of objection to competency of the supreme court reference.
Mr Tomuriesa has appealed to everyone for peace and respect the processes of the court as they endeavour to hold the government accountable.
Yesterday the five man bench was supposed to convene and hear the application on standing by Mr Tomuriesa.
But at 1.30pm on Wednesday, June 26, Mr Sheppard received an objection to competency application from the Attorney General.
Mr Sheppard was responding to it when he was interjected by Justice Les Gavara-Nanu that the court was not there yet.
As he tried to explain further, Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika intervened and stressed the court is not covering to hear an application on objection on competency but on the standing of Mr Tomuriesa.
The Attorney General and the Speaker has argued Mr Tomuriesa did not have standing , there were no serious constitutional issues raised.
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