President John Dramani Mahama has granted Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkonoo ten days to answer the three petitions seeking her removal.
This follows a request from the Chief Justice in a letter dated 27th March 2025, through which she sought copies of the petitions to enable her to respond in accordance with due process beneath Article 146(1) and her proper to a good trial.
In a latest letter signed by his Secretary, Dr Callistus Mahama, the President granted the request. The letter said:
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Upon receipt of the petitions, His Excellency was suggested that, as per Frank Agyei Twum v Lawyer Common and Brilliant Akwetey [2005-2006] SCGLR 732, the confidentiality connected to proceedings beneath Article 146 additionally extends to paperwork and different related materials used within the proceedings.
Nevertheless, President Mahama expressed disappointment that the Chief Justice’s letter was shared on social media earlier than he had the chance to evaluation its contents.
His Excellency, nonetheless, notes with disappointment that your letter of twenty seventh March 2025, addressed to him, was circulating on social media even earlier than he might evaluation its contents.
The letter additional said:
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The letter was reportedly shared as an attachment to a different letter you wrote to the President of the Supreme Courtroom, the President of the Affiliation of Magistrates and Judges, and the President of the Ghana Bar Affiliation. Subsequently, we’re constrained to mark every web page of the attachments to this letter as ‘restricted’.
The letter concluded by reaffirming President Mahama’s dedication to due course of and formally requesting a response inside ten days to facilitate additional session with the Council of State.
