Vice President of IMANI Africa Kofi Bentil has strongly criticised the federal government’s determination to nominate a brand new Inspector Common of Police (IGP) whereas a Supreme Courtroom ruling on the removing of the previous IGP remains to be pending.
He argues that President John Mahama’s transfer to exchange Dr. George Akuffo Dampare with COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno is unacceptable and constitutes contempt of the very best court docket within the land.
Talking on JoyFM’s Prime Story, Bentil emphasised that taking actions that undermine or preempt a court docket’s determination whereas a case is ongoing is each illegal and contemptuous.
When a case is earlier than a court docket, it’s contemptuous of the court docket for anyone to take an motion that overreaches the court docket.
What it means is solely that you just don’t do something to make nonsense of a court docket ruling the place it’s imminent.
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Now, the motion, due to this fact, of the manager is contemptuous of the very best court docket of this land, as a result of for a couple of yr now, a case has been filed earlier than they got here into workplace.
Bentil defined that though the Supreme Courtroom has heard arguments from all events and set a date for its ruling, the President has proceeded with appointing a brand new IGP, an motion he believes immediately disregards judicial authority.
That confusion that may erupt is precisely the explanation why no law-abiding particular person, when a case is earlier than a court docket and the court docket is about to make a ruling, would go and attempt to overreach the court docket.
Certainly, there’s a college of thought that believes that beneath the circumstance, there may be already an injunction in place, which is why we filed to substantiate that injunction in order that, if there may be any doubt, no one will act primarily based on that.
Now being that it’s, as it could be, they’ve accomplished what they’ve accomplished; if the court docket dominated that certainly the president shouldn’t take away any IGP or safety head or no matter with out simply trigger, what occurs? We find yourself in a really, very horrible stalemate.
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Bentil burdened that the difficulty isn’t about particular people, similar to former IGP George Akuffo Dampare or newly appointed IGP Christian Tetteh Yohunu, however quite about defending the integrity of the safety system.
We didn’t converse for IGP Dampare; I, myself, and Prof. Anning right here have been at this factor for years earlier than IGP Dampare.
We don’t converse for him, and we have now no downside with anyone doing their job. We have now no downside with IGP Yohunu.
I knew IGP Yohunu a few years earlier than I even knew IGP Dampare, so it’s not concerning the personalities; it’s concerning the safety companies.
Now this may create confusion if that ruling comes out to carry our viewpoint that upon the studying of all of the legal guidelines which are relevant, a president can appoint however might not take away a ranked officer with out simply trigger.
Bentil expressed remorse over the substitute of the previous IGP and expressed hope that if the Supreme Courtroom ruling favours their place, the required corrections can be made.
