Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwasi Pratt Jnr. believes that it will be tough for former President John Dramani Mahama to prosecute corrupt appointees of the Akufo-Addo administration if he wins this year’s elections.
Mr Pratt believes that an administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will have to contend with the judiciary.
Already, the NDC is accusing Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo and President Akufo-Addo of packing the Supreme Court with the recommendation of five Justices to be added to the Supreme Court Justices.
The President’s recommendation follows a letter by the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaba Torkonoo to President Akufo-Addo requesting for the addition of five more Judges.
General Secretary of the NDC, Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey in a press conference on Thursday, July 4 described the recommendation as an affront to Ghana’s democracy.
He noted that President Akufo-Addo together with the Chief Justice are conniving to impose a “direct threat to Ghana’s Judicial system.”
“This isn’t just a political maneuver of an already exiting failed President; it’s an assault on our democracy, a betrayal of public trust.
According to the NDC, the addition of the five Judges to the Supreme Court Justices will only contribute to creating “judiciary that is no longer a check on executive power, but a mere extension of it.”
“This is not the Ghana our forefathers fought for; this is not the democracy we pledged to uphold. Our nation deserves better, and it is our duty to stand up and protect the very foundations of our democratic society,” Fiifi Kwetey stated.
Speaking during the Atta Mills Memorial lecture in Accra on Friday, July 19, Mr Pratt said “Incoming Mahama administration will not find it easy to prosecute wrongdoers in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration.
“There will be the judiciary to contend with. It ain’t gonna happen,” Mr Pratt stressed.
