{"id":99011,"date":"2025-10-17T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99011"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:06:31","slug":"the-cjs-seat-not-a-fixed-traditional-stool-occupants-can-claim-as-a-right-ansa-asare-to-torkornoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99011","title":{"rendered":"The CJ\u2019s seat not a fixed traditional stool occupants can claim as a right \u2013 Ansa-Asare to Torkornoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has criticised former Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Torkornoo\u2019s latest legal action challenging her removal from office, stating that the position of CJ is not a personal entitlement or a traditional stool one can claim as an infinite right.<\/p>\n

Speaking in reaction to the latest legal action seeking to halt the vetting and appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as her successor, Mr Ansa-Asare said Torkornoo\u2019s conduct shows \u201cemotional imbalance and immaturity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that the former CJ\u2019s challenge holds no legal weight under Ghana\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe must realise that the seat of the Chief Justice is not a fixed traditional stool that the occupant can claim as a right,\u201d Mr. Ansa-Asare said. <\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the Pwamang Committee has submitted its report and the president has accepted the report and the recommendations contained in it, they cease to be primary findings; they now become the decision of the president, and the decision of the president was taken in accordance with the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He explained that Article 146 (1\u201311) of the 1992 Constitution gives no individual the right to question the President\u2019s acceptance of the recommendations of a committee investigating a judge\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA former Chief Justice must understand that she is bound by the Constitution. If she does not appreciate the CJ removal process, if she cannot respect it, then she\u2019s only demonstrating that when she was appointed, she was immature.<\/p>\n

\u201c..She must know that, in law, she cannot resurrect the case. The president has acted within the confines of the Constitution,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Ansa-Asare further argued that Madam Torkornoo\u2019s attempt to stop the President from nominating a new Chief Justice amounts to obstructing a constitutional duty.<\/p>\n