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Mark Darlington Osae<\/a>, the plaintiff in the case against the\u00a0Food and Drug Authority (FDA)<\/a>, which sought to overturn the ban on celebrities promoting alcoholic beverages, expressed disappointment with the verdict.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (19 June), the\u00a0Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0dismissed the lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) guidelines for using celebrities to advertise alcoholic products.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the verdict, Osae told Asaase Radio\u2019s Nana Akua Obominibaa, \u201cI am obviously very disappointed. We are disappointed at the outcome.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>We were expecting a different outcome.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, it did not go our way.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Two of the Supreme Court judges voted in our favour, whilst the other five voted in favour<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of the FDA and the AG office, which is quite unfortunate,\u201d Osae said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe still believe\u2026 [that]\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the directive by the FDA is still discriminatory against a certain group of people<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>based on their occupation, and I\u2019m talking mainly the creative space here.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In a ruling Wednesday 19 June 2024, a seven-member panel of the apex court held that the FDA guideline is not unreasonable, nor does it contradict Article 17 (1) of the\u00a01992 Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Osae\u00a0added that other laws that hinder the progress of the creative sector should be contested in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were also seeking clarification on what they mean by well-known persons in their directive,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>because what happens if someone unknown advertises today, and within a few weeks,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they blow up and they become huge, everyone recognises them.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>They are still allowed to advertise for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The FDA had previously issued a directive prohibiting celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n

The FDA\u2019s directive, which barred the use of celebrities in advertisements for alcoholic beverages, was aimed at protecting minors from being influenced by celebrities into alcoholism.<\/p>\n

However, the plaintiff in the case, Mark Darlington Osae, manager of hip-hop artists -Reggie \u2018N\u2019 Bollie and Skrewfaze, was seeking an order from the apex court to rule the FDA\u2019s guideline as unconstitutional as it violates the right to non-discrimination as guaranteed by Article 17 of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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