No second vetting for Justice Torkornoo – Joseph Osei-Owusu

The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has made it clear that Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, the Chief Justice Nominee, will not undergo a second vetting.

The Minority MPs argued that without access to the written reasons behind the court’s decision, they were unable to question the Chief Justice nominee adequately.

Osei-Owusu however indicated that the nominee will be approved by a majority decision because there is no need to defer the decision.

“It is our practice that, any time that we are done with a public hearing, the Committee sits and considers whether to recommend the person or not and so the conclusion we came to was that there is no consensus

You will recall that [Mahama] Ayariga made a statement that unless they get a copy of the case involving the Assin North MP, they will not support the nominee

We went through the vetting, and we are satisfied that there is no basis for deferring the decision because you want to read the judgment

They also argued that because they have not read the judgment, they won’t support her, but it is a one-off event