President Mahama deserves commendation for appointing non-partisan SC judges - Vanderpuye

The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has praised President John Dramani Mahama for nominating 7 caller Justices to the Supreme Court.

Vanderpuye described the president's nominations arsenic non-partisan and credible, highlighting Mahama's committedness to judicial excellence.

Under Article 143(2) of the 1992 Constitution, President Mahama has nominated 7 justices from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court, pending support by Parliament.

During an interrogation connected Breakfast Daily connected Channel One TV, Vanderpuye commended the president for selecting individuals without immoderate nationalist records of partisan bias oregon governmental affiliations.

"No 1 tin basal anyplace and accidental that these radical person successful 1 mode oregon the different appeared successful a governmental color, appeared connected immoderate governmental platform. These are the radical erstwhile you nominate oregon propose, it becomes acceptable to all. And I deliberation that is the mode we person to physique our judicial system,” helium stated.

Vanderpuye pointed retired that perceptions of governmental bias successful the judiciary person contributed to a diminution successful nationalist confidence, arsenic evidenced by the Afrobarometer Report.

He added that the caller nominations are a deliberate effort to code this issue.

"We needed to sanitise the system. And that is wherefore I expect that we'll person immoderate commendations for President Mahama for being capable to take these people, who different radical volition not person immoderate adverse findings of immoderate cognition about, and alternatively person assurance that these people, erstwhile they spell to the Supreme Court, volition beryllium capable to beforehand the people of justice," helium asserted.

This improvement has sparked discussions astir the value of merit-based appointments to the judiciary.

The nominations are present awaiting parliamentary support and vetting.

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