Third Force Alliance-Ghana backs chief justice’s suspension, urges calm and due process

The Third Force Alliance–Ghana, a conjugation of smaller governmental parties including the CPP, PNC, GFP, GCPP, and APC, has thrown its value down the law process that led to the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo.

Speaking astatine a property league successful Accra connected Tuesday, May 6, 2025, leaders of the Alliance stated that the law process, activated nether Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution, is being carried retired successful accordance with Ghana’s antiauthoritarian principles and should not beryllium politicized.

“The invocation of Article 146 indispensable not beryllium astir the property of President John Dramani Mahama oregon that of Chief Justice Torkornoo,” said Citizen Afo Dadaie, a typical of the Third Force Alliance–Ghana.
“It is astir the regularisation of law, bully governance, and the sanctity of our Constitution.”

The Alliance expressed interest implicit attempts by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to politicize the matter, particularly aft the enactment suspended its ‘Thank You Tour’ to mobilize enactment for the Chief Justice.

It criticized what it described arsenic “hypocritical and disingenuous tactics” being employed to disturbance governmental and gender-based sentiments against President Mahama’s law actions.

“The NPP and its surrogates look much funny successful weaponizing this contented than respecting the dictates of the Constitution,” the radical stated.

While acknowledging the value of the suspension, the Alliance emphasized the value of nationalist spot successful the law process, noting that the determination to suspend the Chief Justice followed a near-unanimous proposal from the Council of State, aft a prima facie lawsuit was established successful effect to petitions filed by citizens.

“This is not a governmental witch-hunt. It is simply a lawful process aimed astatine maintaining the integrity of our judiciary.”

The Alliance besides utilized the level to urge semipermanent law reforms to heighten judicial accountability portion safeguarding judicial independence. Among the cardinal proposals were:

Independent Assessment Committee – to reappraisal prima facie cases without enforcement interference.

Statutory Timelines – to guarantee swift solution of Article 146 proceedings.

Public Release of Committee Reports – with due redactions to uphold transparency.

Judicial Integrity Commission – a non-partisan assemblage to analyse and urge disciplinary enactment against judges.

Clear Definitions of Misconduct – to debar politically motivated petitions based connected vague terminology.

The radical lauded President John Dramani Mahama for acting decisively and wrong the law framework, stating that his enactment reflects a committedness to upholding the regularisation of law.

“President Mahama has shown that nary 1 is supra the Constitution. His enactment sends a beardown message—justice indispensable not lone beryllium done, but it indispensable besides beryllium seen to beryllium done.”

The connection was signed by salient figures from the Alliance, including Virimando Mess Anha (PNC), George Attul (GFP), Rev. Mordecai Thomrian (APC), and Citizen Afo Dadaie (GCPP).

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