Authorized practitioner and political analyst Amanda Akuokor Clinton has advised that Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo could not survive the continuing impeachment proceedings towards her, citing limitations inside Ghana’s present constitutional framework.
Talking on JoyNews’ Newsfile programme on Saturday, twenty fourth Could, Ms Clinton argued that the construction of the 1992 Structure makes it troublesome for judicial officers to efficiently problem such processes.
“It’s true that she may not survive this course of below this structure,” Clinton remarked. “Which is why all of the circumstances which were filed to date have failed.”
Her feedback referred to a number of authorized efforts which have to date been unsuccessful in halting the impeachment inquiry.
Justice Torkornoo is at present going through a removing course of initiated by a petition, which has resulted in her suspension by President John Dramani Mahama, consistent with Article 146 of the Structure.
She has since filed a Supreme Court docket software difficult the participation of sure justices within the inquiry, citing issues of impartiality.
Amanda Clinton, who holds an MSc in African Politics and heads Clinton Consultancy, believes that until broader constitutional reforms are undertaken, the present authorized framework doesn’t favour the Chief Justice’s possibilities of rising unscathed from the method.
