'I hate hypocrisy!' – Justice Atuguba reacts to NPP's defence of CJ Torkornoo

Retired Supreme Court Justice William Atuguba has criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing the enactment of manipulating the judiciary arsenic a governmental shield alternatively than genuinely upholding justness successful the lawsuit involving the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.

Speaking successful an interrogation connected Joy News, monitored by GhanaWeb connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Justice Atuguba dismissed the NPP’s absorption to the judicial proceedings arsenic a calculated enactment of self-preservation alternatively than a principled defence of owed process.

“You person been overthrown done the ballot. Now your last defence is the Chief Justice? You say, ‘If she falls, we each fall.’ That’s what they are warring for. It’s not astir justice, it’s astir survival.

“When they [the NPP] were successful office, however did they perform? Transparently? Neutrally? In the involvement of the people? This is the benignant of happening I conscionable hate, axenic hypocrisy,” helium stated.

On Monday, May 7, 2025, the NPP and a conjugation of governmental parties took to the streets to protestation the suspension of the Chief Justice. The conjugation accused the authorities of interfering successful the judiciary.

Following the determination of a prima facie lawsuit successful 3 abstracted petitions seeking the removal of Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo from office, President John Dramani Mahama suspended her and established a five-member committee to inquire into the matter.

In the interim, Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has assumed the relation of acting Chief Justice.

His assignment is successful accordance with Article 144(6) of the 1992 Constitution, which states that the astir elder Justice of the Supreme Court shall enactment arsenic Chief Justice erstwhile the presumption becomes vacant oregon the substantive Chief Justice is incapable to execute their duties.

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