The suspension of Ghana’s chief judge is “abuse of power,” the opposition says

Opposition deputies in Ghana severely condemned the suspension of the country’s main court, accusing President John Maham of trying to “pack” judges who are compassionate to the ruling party, NDC.

On Wednesday, Gertrude Torcorn was withdrawn from office – for the first time in the country’s history, the chief judge was rejected.

Actions were initiated after three petitions that had been charged with Ms. Torkorn.

The contents of the petitions were not announced, and Ms Torcorn is still openly commented on.

Mahama’s supporters supported this step as a long -expired step to clear the court system.

But it was condemned by the opposition as “nothing that lacks a brazen coup, ill -advised abuse of the executive power and a direct attack on Ghana’s judicial system,” the deputies said.

On Tuesday, a statement from the President said that the chief court was asked to retreat so that the charges against her could be investigated.

Since the announcement of the alert against Ms. Torcorn, two more petitions have been filed.

Former General Prosecutor Godfred Yeboah Dame said the BBC that he believed that the suspension was “a full charad … the largest attack on (judicial system) in the history of the country.”

Before Ms Torcorn was rejected, the lawyers filed at least two lawsuits, challenging the legality of the procedure used by the president.

By law, the president had to give a copy of the petition to the chief judge before she suspended what he did not initially. However, he later made them available.

Cocus of opposition deputies says that, suspending the main court, before the Supreme Court ruled on these lawsuits, Maham “violated” the proper process.

But some Ghana support the president’s step.

D -r Tony Aido, former Ambassador Ghana to the Netherlands, told Joy News radio stations: “I think the president protects the judicial system in Ghana from the actions of a person who does not behave in such a way … If there is a stench in the room you have to let in the great air.”

Some accused the Supreme Court of Ms Torcorn from Siting with former President Nano Akufort Add and his party for several high-profile political affairs.

For example, last year the judges ruled that The decision of the rapporteur to declare the area of ​​four deputies was unconstitutional.

Ghana had 15 chief judges whose work provides for the control of justice in the country.

Those who came before Ms Torcorn’s finished their term of retirement – no one was rejected and constantly removed.

The main judges can only be removed from the post on several signs, such as incompetence or improper behavior.

Mrs. Torcorn-third woman Ghana and was nominated in 2023 Akufo-Addo.

According to Reuters, Ms. Torkorn has experienced a request for removal earlier this year, when the acute stated that the dismissal petition had “had several disadvantages”.

A Pentecut Committee was currently set up to investigate the current charges against Ms. Torcorn.