{"id":99051,"date":"2025-10-17T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99051"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:22:50","slug":"no-court-has-jurisdiction-to-hear-a-case-after-the-president-acts-on-it-ansa-asare-tells-torkornoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99051","title":{"rendered":"No court has jurisdiction to hear a case after the president acts on it \u2013 Ansa-Asare tells Torkornoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has dismissed former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo\u2019s legal action challenging the vetting and appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as the next Chief Justice, describing it as \u201cfrivolous\u201d and without legal merit.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 The Pulse<\/em><\/strong> on Friday, October 17, Mr. Ansa-Asare argued that no court has the jurisdiction to reopen a matter that has already been decided by the President in accordance with Article 146 of the Constitution. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the president has accepted and acted upon the recommendations of a committee established pursuant to Article 146, no court can assume jurisdiction to rehear the matter? Nowhere. It\u2019s dead on arrival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the High Court has no authority to hear such an application, noting that the Chief Justice\u2019s removal process under Article 146 is constitutionally grounded and not subject to judicial review.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only showing our lack of understanding of the provisions enshrined in Article 146. And for the former Chief Justice to display ignorance and the nuances of Article 146 is mind-boggling. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe office of Chief Justice is not her personal property, and therefore, she cannot stop the President from performing his constitutional duties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The former Director of the Ghana School of Law warned that any failure by the President to act under Article 146 would amount to a breach of his oath to the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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