{"id":91533,"date":"2025-08-27T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91533"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:52:00","slug":"theres-no-plot-to-oust-suspended-chief-justice-asiedu-nketiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91533","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no plot to oust suspended Chief Justice \u2013 Asiedu Nketiah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has dismissed speculation that government is scheming to remove suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channel One TV on Tuesday, August 26, he insisted that the executive has taken no such steps and is simply carrying out its constitutional duties.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe executive has done nothing about the removal of the Chief Justice,\u201d he declared. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything at all, the executive is only upholding the constitution. So, to my mind, the government has not acted in any way to remove her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His rebuttal comes amid heightened public debate over alleged tensions between the judiciary and the executive. <\/p>\n

Critics have claimed that recent political actions amount to an attack on judicial independence\u2014a charge Nketiah firmly rejected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe judiciary is not under attack. What is happening is reform. If there is a problem with the judiciary, then the judiciary must be reformed to carry out its constitutional duties,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nketiah stressed that institutional reform is crucial for strengthening democracy, adding that all arms of government must function within their constitutional mandates.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 22, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo after a prima facie case was established on three petitions alleging misconduct and incompetence. <\/p>\n

He subsequently formed a five-member inquiry panel led by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang to investigate the matter. <\/p>\n

Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, the most senior Supreme Court judge, was named Acting Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

The suspension sparked uproar. The Ghana Bar Association branded the move unconstitutional, arguing that Mahama failed to publish the required constitutional instrument under Article 296. <\/p>\n

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) also condemned the decision, citing political bias in the committee\u2019s composition.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice Torkornoo has refused to resign, describing the process as \u201carbitrary\u201d and \u201ccruel,\u201d while the NPP warned that the suspension threatens Ghana\u2019s democratic integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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