{"id":58853,"date":"2025-05-27T20:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=58853"},"modified":"2025-05-27T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:24:37","slug":"ag-files-motion-to-strike-out-suspended-cjs-supplementary-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=58853","title":{"rendered":"AG files motion to strike out suspended CJ\u2019s supplementary affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>3 Minute, 42 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>The Attorney-General\u2019s office has filed an urgent motion seeking to strike out suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo\u2019s supplementary affidavit ahead of tomorrow\u2019s crucial Supreme Court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings could determine the fate of the controversial impeachment process against the nation\u2019s top judge.<\/p>\n<p>In legal documents filed yesterday, Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai argued that Chief Justice Torkornoo\u2019s affidavit \u2013 which contains shocking allegations of \u201cmental torture\u201d and constitutional violations during her impeachment proceedings \u2013 should be expunged from court records.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/treated-worse-than-a-traitor-suspended-cj-alleges-psychological-torture-mockery-of-justice-in-impeachment-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Treated worse than a traitor\u2019 \u2013 Suspended CJ alleges psychological torture, mockery of justice in impeachment battle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The AG says the said depositions violate Article 146(8) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled Chief Justice\u2019s affidavit paints a disturbing picture of her treatment, detailing invasive security checks, denial of access to legal counsel, and what she describes as unconstitutional handling of the impeachment process. <\/p>\n<p>Particularly controversial is her claim that the choice of Osu Castle as the hearing venue constitutes deliberate intimidation, given that such proceedings are typically held in judicial facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On May 26, the suspended Chief Justice filed a damning supplementary affidavit at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>She painted a harrowing picture of her treatment in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, which she describes as \u201ca mockery of justice, an assault on judicial independence, and worse than the treatment meted out to persons accused of treason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Torkornoo said the process she\u2019s being subjected to constitutes \u201ca complete desecration of my basic constitutional rights to a fair trial, violation of my dignity and subjection to inhuman and degrading treatment, of a kind not meted out to even accused persons on trial for treason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit, filed in support of her motion for an interlocutory injunction to halt the proceedings, outlines a series of alarming developments since she first took legal action on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that despite informing the committee of the suit she filed at the Supreme Court and providing copies of the processes, the committee proceeded with the inquiry the very next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotwithstanding receipt of the processes filed\u2026 the members of the committee indicated their resolve to proceed,\u201d she states, adding that she still has not been informed of the legal basis for determining that a <em>prima facie<\/em> case had been established against her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know the specific allegations I am to answer to. I cannot even begin to prepare a defence,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Torkornoo described what she views as a calculated series of violations.<\/p>\n<p>She recounted how, on May 15, her lawyer appeared before the committee in her absence, only to be ignored and sidelined by the same committee that had served him with hearing notices a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee shockingly refused to recognise my counsel\u2026 and proceeded to fix subsequent hearing dates without involving him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Even more troubling, according to her affidavit, is the committee\u2019s decision to allow the petitioners to call third-party witnesses instead of testifying themselves.<\/p>\n<p>She argues that this undermines the principle of direct accountability and flies in the face of rules that require petitioners to testify under oath and be subjected to cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is completely offensive to known rules of procedure,\u201d she insists.<\/p>\n<p>But the procedural irregularities are not the only focus of her protest.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Torkornoo speaks of deeply personal humiliations\u2014body searches, denial of access to phones and laptops for herself and her legal team, while allowing full access to petitioners\u2019 counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband and children, she adds, were barred from entering the hearing room.<\/p>\n<p>She also denounced the venue of the hearings\u2014the Osu Castle, a high-security zone\u2014as intentionally intimidating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Article 146 proceedings, with the exception of the one I am being subjected to, have been held in a judicial facility. The location of proceedings affecting me in a cordoned high-security facility boggles the mind,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice warns that what is playing out is not just a personal attack but an institutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe persistent violations of my constitutional rights show that the whole proceedings\u2026 are a mockery of justice and a ruse to unjustifiably remove me from office,\u201d she declared, calling on the Supreme Court to intervene immediately.<\/p>\n<p>In her plea, she argues that this case is not merely about her survival in office, but about protecting the constitutional independence and security of tenure for all judges of the superior courts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"58853\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" 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The proceedings could determine the fate of the controversial impeachment process against the nation\u2019s top judge. 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