A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has criticised the Chief Justice's decision to empanel Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu to hear the case on the declaration of four vacant seats in .
In a recent interview on TV3, he argued that Gertrude Torkonoo erred in empanelling the Supreme Court Judge to hear the matter. "This is not the first time we are having a known political activisit mounting the bench.
We have had it since independence, since 1957.
But specifically on Justice Gaewu's empanelling, I would have thought since at his vetting this issue of his parlimentary candidacy arose and was debated on the floor of , with the greatest of respect, the Chief Justice erred in empanelling him. "The Justice himself could have done the needful by recusing himself but, you see, our known political and judicial culture is that it is very difficult for public office holders to accept truth and just exit." He further noted "You know it is not in our culture to do that.