The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edudzi Tamakloe, has criticised the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for its demand that President John Dramani Mahama revoke the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
The GBA, in a statement dated April 26, described the suspension as unconstitutional and lacking legal basis.
It argued that the President’s decision, purportedly taken under Article 146(10) of the Constitution, was flawed due to the absence of a published Constitutional or Statutory Instrument guiding the exercise of presidential discretion, as required under Article 296.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View with Bernard Avle, Edudzi Tamakloe stated, “The GBA statement, I think, offends the 1992 Constitution and does a lot of violence to the decisions by the Supreme Court of Ghana.”
He commended the President for what he described as a transparent and constitutionally compliant approach.
“President Mahama has demonstrated a certain high level of transparency, fairness that is required by the Constitution,” he added.
President Mahama suspended the Chief Justice on Tuesday, April 22, after a prima facie case was established against her based on petitions from private citizen Daniel Ofori, senior police officer Ayamga Akolgo, and the civic group Shining Stars of Ghana.
A five-member committee has been constituted to investigate the matter.
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