Private legal practitioner and a member of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Justice Abdulai, has thrown his support behind the decision by President John Dramani Mahama to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, insisting the action is constitutionally justified and backed by proper legal procedure.
His comments come in reaction to a resolution passed by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), which described the suspension as unconstitutional and without legal basis under the 1992 Constitution, calling for its immediate revocation.
However, speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, May 3, Justice Abdulai dismissed the GBA’s position and questioned its legal foundation.
” I completely disagree with the resolution and every single letter in the resolution that was passed,” he stated.
According to him, the president and the Council of State acted within the law and took into account all relevant responses, including that of the Chief Justice.
“The response of the CJ is not ordinarily supposed to form part of the basis for the determination whether or not a prima facie case has been made. However, in this particular case, considering that these advances were made and accepted by the president.
“It means that the Council of State and the president took into consideration the response of the CJ and came to the determination that indeed, a prima facie case has been determined,” he revealed.
