The Individuals’s Nationwide Social gathering (PNP) has petitioned Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over what it describes because the “illegal” suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkonoo.
In accordance with the PNP, the choice to droop the Chief Justice, in addition to the continued investigation into her elimination, is politically motivated and rooted in private vendetta.
In a petition submitted to the Manhyia Palace on Tuesday, 1st July, the Chairperson of the get together, Janet Nabla, accused President John Mahama of unfairly concentrating on the suspended Chief Justice regardless of the absence of credible proof or wrongdoing.
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An excerpt from the petition reads:
Shockingly, he appointed a identified rival and critic of Justice Torkonoo — somebody who has lengthy eyed her place — to chair the very committee investigating her. This act alone undermines each precept of pure justice and equity.
The petition additional raised considerations over alleged human rights violations:
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This isn’t merely about Justice Torkonoo. It’s an assault on each Ghanaian lady, and on the rule of regulation. What has develop into of our democracy if service, competence, and integrity are punished this fashion?
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Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Torkornoo
The PNP is due to this fact calling on the Asantehene to urgently intervene by summoning President Mahama and demanding an instantaneous reversal of the suspension.
The get together has additionally appealed to Otumfuo to convene a conventional mediation or set up an impartial inquiry into the method used to droop and examine the Chief Justice.
Moreover, the PNP is urging the Asantehene to publicly defend the dignity and position of girls in public service — notably one as completed as Her Ladyship Justice Torkonoo.
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The petition added:
A president elected by solely six million folks out of a inhabitants of 35 million can not act as if Ghana has been offered to him. Ghanaians will die for his or her chiefs earlier than they die for a politician — and it is because chiefs have at all times stood for equity and the folks.
Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo was suspended on twenty second April, in accordance with Article 146(6) of the 1992 Structure, following consultations with the Council of State and the institution of a prima facie case based mostly on three separate petitions submitted towards her.
