The Minority in Parliament has called on religious and traditional leaders to counsel President John Dramani Mahama to suspend proceedings aimed at removing the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo.
According to the caucus, the petitions seeking the Chief Justice’s removal are unfounded and failed to meet the constitutional requirements for her removal.
Speaking at an emergency press conference on Wednesday, April 16, the Legal Counsel for the Minority and MP for Suame, John Darko, stated that sources had revealed to the caucus that the petitions were baseless, necessitating intervention from traditional and religious leaders.
“To our revered traditional leaders and religious leaders, the time to call the president to advise him is now, the time to pray for our country is now. We should not wait until it’s too late,” the Legal Counsel for the Minority said.
He cautioned against accepting frivolous petitions, emphasising that such actions could undermine Ghana’s efforts to strengthen its democratic institutions.
“How can any serious country, mindful of its past, and desirous of improving its democratic credentials entertain such loose petitions and to orchestrate the destruction of the last bastion of the pillars our democracy,” he stated.
