Suspended Chief Justice is not above the law, but can’t be forced out if exonerated – Kyiri Abosom

Christian Kwabena Andrews, laminitis and person of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), has stated that suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo is not supra the law.

The person and preacher asserted that she indispensable reply for immoderate alleged wrongdoing and, if recovered guilty, indispensable look the due consequences. However, helium was speedy to adhd that if she is exonerated, nary one—not adjacent President John Dramani Mahama—has the authorization to region her from office, arsenic doing truthful would interruption the Constitution.

Popularly known arsenic Osofo Kyiri Abosom, the 2024 statesmanlike campaigner for GUM emphasized that President Mahama has not violated immoderate laws successful the process concerning the imaginable removal of the Chief Justice.

Speaking connected Nyankonton Mu Nsem connected Rainbow Radio 87.5 FM, Osofo Kyiri Abosom explained that the president has acted wrong the confines of the law—from the filing of the petitions against the Chief Justice to the constitution of a prima facie case, the enactment of a committee to analyse her, and her consequent suspension from office.

He described the “Save the Judiciary” objection arsenic a pointless, partisan governmental exercise, claiming that participants acted retired of idiosyncratic and parochial interests alternatively than successful the nationalist interest.

"The objection was unnecessary. The NPP was some the organizer and financier of the event. All different parties were asked to taxable budgets successful bid to participate.

"They were simply required to amusement up and marque unnecessary noise. These governmental parties joined successful for fiscal and selfish reasons. They person nary genuine involvement successful Ghana’s development. These parties were created to marque money, and their leaders determination from spot to spot purely for profit."

Osofo Kyiri Abosom concluded, "The Chief Justice is nether investigation, and if she is recovered blameworthy of immoderate wrongdoing, she volition beryllium punished. However, if she is cleared, I bash not judge the president has the authorization to region her. That would beryllium unconstitutional. President Mahama has not breached immoderate laws successful this matter, which makes the objection wholly unnecessary."