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Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Rev. Ntim Fordjour is of the view that the president suspended the Chief Justice based on his personal dislike for the woman.
To him, all the basis for prima facie for the suspension of Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo are far-fetched.
“Yes, you may not be the first President to go down in history as the President who removed his Chief Justice on grounds of personal dislike. But that’s certainly not a noble and enviable precedent to follow either. All the reasons cited as basis for prima facie for the suspension of Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo are farfetched,” he said in a tweet on X.
He is of the opinion that the President wants to replace the woman with a politically-compliant one, which to him, clearly affronts key principles of good governance and dangerous for the future Ghana’s democracy.
“The independence of the Judiciary is paramount to the integrity of our democratic pursuit. Your palpable pursuit of removing the Chief Justice and to replace her with a politically-compliant one, clearly affronts key principles of good governance and dangerous for the future Ghana’s democracy.”
Ntim Fordjour has urged well-meaning Ghanaians to rise up against such an affront on democracy.
Read His Statement Below
Your Excellency Mr President, under your watch, as part of your reset agenda, politically motivated witch-hunting has seen the mass termination of thousands of jobs in the public sector. As if that was not enough, your brazen determination to remove the Chief Justice reveals volumes about the real intent behind your reset agenda.
Yes, you may not be the first President to go down in history as the President who removed his Chief Justice on grounds of personal dislike. But that’s certainly not a noble and enviable precedent to follow either. All the reasons cited as basis for prima facie for the suspension of Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo are farfetched.
The independence of the Judiciary is paramount to the integrity of our democratic pursuit. Your palpable pursuit of removing the Chief Justice and to replace her with a politically compliant one, clearly affronts key principles of good governance and dangerous for the future Ghana’s democracy.
CSOs, faith-based organizations, the diplomatic community and well-meaning Ghanaians are entreated to rise up in fierce resistance to this vindictive and destructive course being championed by our President.
Let’s not watch on for this to be added to the plethora of infamous achievements of the President in his 120 days in office ie. unfair mass terminations of jobs, storming of innocent political opponents homes with armed thugs, Dumsor, cocaine trafficking and money laundering.
Let’s save our democracy!
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Source: MyNewsGh.com
