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- Members of the NPP and different governmental groups person deed the streets of Accra to protestation the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo
- The demonstrators gathered astatine the Supreme Court to contiguous a petition defending judicial independency and condemning immoderate interference
- President Mahama suspended the Chief Justice aft a prima facie lawsuit was established from 3 petitions that were filed against her
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and immoderate governmental parties successful Ghana person thronged the streets of Accra to protestation the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
The protesters assembled successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, May 5, 2025, astatine a parkland other the Supreme Court to march to the Jubilee House, Ghana’s spot of government.
Source: Facebook
As of the clip of drafting this report, the protesters person gathered astatine the gross of the Supreme Court to contiguous a petition to the caput of Ghana’s judiciary.
According to organisers of the protestation dubbed #SaveTheJudiciaryDemo, the civilian enactment aims to support judicial independency and denounce interference from the enforcement limb of government.
The protesters carried placards with almighty messages, informing the authorities to enactment distant from the judiciary.
Some of the placards read:
- Suspending the Chief Justice Is a Red Line
- We Need an Independent Judiciary
- Justice Must Be Free and Fair, and
- Save Our Justice System.
Below is simply a Facebook post astir the ongoing demonstration:
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, President Mahama suspended the Chief Justice pursuing the determination of a prima facie lawsuit successful 3 petitions seeking her removal.
In a property connection issued by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the curate successful complaint of authorities communications and spokesperson for the president, a five-member committee was acceptable up to analyse the allegations against Torkornoo.
Below is simply a clip of Afenyo-Markin, the person of the NPP radical successful parliament, addressing the media.
The committee is chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, who sits connected the Supreme Court bench.
Other members of the committee see Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, besides a Supreme Court judge, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, a erstwhile Auditor-General, Major Flora Bazaanura Dalugo of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), and Professor James Sefah Dzisah, an subordinate prof astatine the University of Ghana.
A Facebook video from the protestation is below:
Reactions to NPP's protestation astir Chief Justice
YEN.com.gh compiled a fewer Ghanaian reactions connected societal media to the protestation led by the NPP.
@Joseph Kingsley Kwesi Graham said:
"I haven't seen immoderate placard saying Prez is undermining the constitution."@Moses Apagliya besides said:
"Do the NPP truly work and recognize the constitution of the state??"@Akwasi Wireko commented:
"You volition beryllium amazed to cognize that astir fractional of the radical determination don't cognize the CJ oregon the functions of the CJ."@Daniel Yaw Ndor besides commented:
"One Lacoste, a battalion of adust jollof and chickenhearted and hopefully a vessel of h2o and 50 cedis, I dont blasted them."
Source: UGC
Mahama receives much petitions against Chief Justice
YEN.com.gh besides reported that President Mahama received much petitions for the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo's removal.
In March 2025, the President was said to person started consultations with the Council of State based connected 3 erstwhile petitions.
Following this, Torkornoo was suspended aft the Council of State determined that determination was a important lawsuit against her.
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Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, transcript exertion astatine YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
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