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A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, says former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo is more likely to receive monetary compensation than reinstatement if the ECOWAS Court rules in her favour.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 The Pulse on Wednesday, November 19, he explained that although Justice Torkonoo has raised significant human rights issues, the court is unlikely to overturn her removal or disrupt the tenure of the newly sworn-in Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this stage, what I feel is that the ECOWAS Court will not rule regarding her ability to come back to the position of Chief Justice, or even as a member of the Supreme Court. But it is likely to find a case of violation of her rights,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is possible she might win one of those grounds, and the government may be asked to compensate for the rights that were violated. But it wouldn\u2019t be about removing the currently installed Chief Justice and bringing her back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Justice Torkonoo has petitioned the ECOWAS Court, alleging that her right to a fair hearing, protected under Ghana\u2019s 1992 Constitution and the 1991 Protocol of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, was violated during the processes that led to her removal.<\/p>\n

This follows the ECOWAS Court\u2019s earlier decision dismissing her application for interim measures intended to halt the work of the Justice Pwamang Committee, which investigated the petition that triggered her exit from office.<\/p>\n

Prof. Appiagyei-Atua also expressed concern over the time the court is taking to issue its preliminary ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delay is concerning because this is a temporary measure they applied for. Such applications are normally attended to quickly to avoid making them moot,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"ECOWASA law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, states that former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo may receive monetary compensation if the ECOWAS Court finds that her rights were violated; however, she is unlikely to be reinstated to her former position.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2926,10743,2047,1883,117,10,9,12819],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecowas-court","category-getrude-torkonoo","category-hp-news-9","category-national","category-news","category-politics","category-popular","category-prof-kwadwo-appiagyei-atua"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}