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William Atuguba is simply a retired Supreme Court Judge
Retired Supreme Court Justice William Atuguba has taken a swipe astatine the absorption New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the beardown absorption it has mounted against the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo.
Sharing his views connected the substance arsenic a respected ineligible luminary successful an interrogation connected JoyNews connected May 7, 2025, Justice Atuguba criticised the NPP, accusing the enactment of hypocrisy successful its stance connected the Chief Justice’s suspension.
According to him, the party, during its tenure successful government, acted successful ways that were not successful the involvement of Ghanaians and was dishonest successful its dealings. He truthful questioned the NPP’s motivation authorization to criticise developments surrounding the processes intended to region the Chief Justice.
“… How were they erstwhile they were successful office? How did they perform? Transparently, neutrally, successful the involvement of the people, did they bash that? This is the benignant of happening I conscionable hate. That is axenic hypocrisy. Apart from hypocrisy, the exclusion of honesty of nationalist involvement successful our governmental abstraction is precise troubling,” helium said.
Justice Atuguba did not mince words successful his disapproval of the NPP, highlighting however the Supreme Court came nether nationalist scrutiny for perceived partisanship owed to the result of rulings during their party’s tenure successful office.
He referenced the play starring up to the 2024 elections, during which the Court was mockingly referred to by the nationalist arsenic “Unanimous FC” owed to a bid of rulings that appeared to consistently favour the then-NPP government.
Justice Atuguba noted that the then-government failed to code these concerns and alternatively chose to stay silent.
“Before the elections, connected societal media, it was a communal happening describing the tribunal arsenic Unanimous FC. Was it President Mahama who was doing that? They were successful powerfulness erstwhile those publications were made, what steps were they taking?” helium quizzed.
Justice Atuguba described the NPP’s outcry arsenic a lawsuit of selective outrage by governmental actors, asserting that the party’s past behaviour undermines the credibility of its existent criticisms regarding caller developments.
His remarks travel connected the backmost of the party’s protestation against the suspension of Gertrude Torkornoo.
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