Following a High Court decision in December, the Supreme Court has granted Paul Murphy leave to appeal his ‘super juniors minister’ case to the Supreme Court.
Deputy Murphy said:
"I'm pleased to have been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
“The Constitution is very clear in outlining that the government shall ‘not have more than fifteen members’ and that it is bound to function collectively and confidentially. It seems to me that this is clearly breached by the existence of these ‘Super Juniors’ who are not constitutionally Ministers but act as if they were.
"I remain convinced that the existence of Super Junior positions is a breach of the constitution designed to facilitate political strokes with the likes of Michael Lowry. I look forward to the Supreme Court making a final ruling."