Deputy Attorney General, Justice Srem-Sai, has called for calm and restraint following the suspension of the Chief Justice, Mrs Gertrude Torkornoo, by President John Mahama, urging Ghanaians not to politicize what he described as a \u201ctechnical and legal issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on an interview<\/i>\u00a0regarding the ongoing controversy, Justice Srem-Sai emphasised that the suspension appears to be a constitutional step aimed at allowing the Chief Justice the space to adequately prepare to defend herself against allegations made in a formal petition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think what is happening is a very technical issue which is specifically prescribed and dictated by the Constitution,\u201d he said. \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be politicised at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
His comments follow heated public discourse after the President announced the suspension of the Chief Justice pending the outcome of an investigative process triggered by a petition. The Deputy Attorney General referenced a poll by Global Info Analytics indicating that a majority of Ghanaians currently support the removal of the Chief Justice. However, he cautioned against jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this stage, we are not even sure whether the allegations are proven,\u201d Srem-Sai noted. \u201cFinding that a case exists to be answered does not mean that the Chief Justice is guilty. It only means that the allegations are not frivolous.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also criticised what he described as contradictory and premature commentary from some political actors, noting that such statements risk undermining the integrity of the constitutional process. \u201cIf you have not seen the petition and its content, it would be very unfair to describe persons involved in the process in such terms,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be in support of that kind of attention at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Srem-Sai reiterated that the constitutional process has so far been followed appropriately and called on Ghanaians to remain patient as the matter proceeds through the formal investigative stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be a time when the committee makes its findings that the Chief Justice is exonerated or the Chief Justice is guilty\u2026 that will be the time for us to pass judgment,\u201d he said. \u201cUntil then, we should be watchful of the steps ahead. If at any point we see that the process has violated the Constitution, we will be the first to say so. But for now, the processes have been complied with,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deputy Attorney General, Justice Srem-Sai, has called for calm and restraint following the suspension of the Chief Justice, Mrs Gertrude Torkornoo, by President John Mahama, urging Ghanaians not to politicize what he described as a \u201ctechnical and legal issue.\u201d Speaking on an interview\u00a0regarding the ongoing controversy, Justice Srem-Sai emphasised that the suspension appears to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2327,3400,3398,3399,3061],"class_list":["post-10615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-chief-justice","tag-deputy-attorney-general","tag-justice-srem-sai","tag-mrs-gertrude-torkornoo","tag-president-john-mahama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10617,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10615\/revisions\/10617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}