Former Legal professional-Basic and lead counsel for the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkonoo, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has reacted to the Supreme Court docket’s choice to dismiss his injunction utility in search of to halt the continued elimination course of.
In line with Mr Dame, whereas the choice was not completely stunning, it’s nonetheless unusual and raises severe considerations about his consumer’s proper to a good listening to in response to the allegations made towards her in three separate petitions.
Chatting with journalists outdoors the Supreme Court docket on Wednesday, 28 Could, he quizzed:
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She’s asking for a fundamental constitutional proper — to be given discover of the fees towards her, to know what she is responding to, and the premise for the declare that there’s a case for her to reply. It is a very important level, particularly because it led to her suspension.
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Are we saying she can’t be instructed why she was suspended? That she can’t be knowledgeable of the precise costs on which the President directed her to step apart for another person to take over her workplace? I discover this very unusual.
Mr Dame additional emphasised the significance of safeguarding the rule of legislation and guaranteeing due course of in all proceedings.
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The applying, filed on Wednesday, 21 Could, challenged the willpower of a prima facie case in relation to a few petitions filed towards Chief Justice Torkonoo.
The suit additionally sought to disqualify members of the investigative committee, together with its Chairman, Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu-Asiedu, and others particularly Daniel Yao Domelevo, Main Flora Bazuwaaruah Dalugo, and Professor James Sefah Dziasah from collaborating within the inquiry.
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Moreover, Justice Torkonoo requested that the proceedings of the committee be held in public.
Nevertheless, the five-member Supreme Court panel, presided over by Performing Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, unanimously dismissed the appliance. A full written ruling is predicted to be launched on 12 June 2025.
