The Supreme Court will this morning begin hearing the injunction Applications against processes initiated by President John Dramani Mahama to potentially remove the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo from office.
Member of Parliament for Tafo in the Ashanti region, Vincent Ekow Assafuah on March 27th, 2025, sued the Attorney General over what he describes as constitutional breaches committed by the president when he referred three separate petitions asking for the removal of the Chief Justice from office to the Council of State without notifying the Chief Justice.
The MP states that the president violated a number of clauses in Article 146 of the constitution when he overlooked the Chief Justice without notifying her and hearing her side of the matter before escalating same.
According to the MP, forwarding the matter to the Counsel of State at the blind side of the Chief Justice also constitutes Constitutional breach of the protection of her security of tenure.
However, president Mahama in late March gave the Chief Justice 10 days to submit a preliminary response to the petitions demanding her removal from office, and expressed disappointment in the CJ’s decision to go public with concerns she had regarding the procedure even before he had the chance to review it.
The Supreme court on April 5 indefinitely adjourned hearing of the case due to a training programme being undertaken by some fifty state Attorneys.
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