The Justice Dotse Factor: Why fmr NPP PC rose to become a Supreme Court judge within 4 years – Manasseh Azure
Published:
4 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
Renowned investigative journalist has given the reason behind the rapid rise of the former (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ho, Ernest Yao Gaewu, to the Supreme Court of Ghana, in his latest publication "The President Ghana Never Got". The journalist, in the 17th chapter of his book, which is titled "How One Supreme Court Judge Was Appointed to Appease Another", said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was criticised by most Ghanaians over the appointment of Justice Gaewu to the High Court and subsequently to the Supreme Court, with them accusing the president of packing the bench with NPP faithful, but there was more to the appointment than politics. He indicated that Justice Gaewu's sudden rise to the apex court of the land, unknown to many Ghanaians, was an appeasement to a Supreme Court judge President Akufo-Addo had failed on two occasions. He disclosed that the now-retired Supreme Court justice, Justice Jones Mawulorm Dotse, whom the president promised but failed to appoint one time as Chief Justice and on another occasion as Speaker of Parliament, was the person being appeased. Manasseh Azure stated that sources close to the president indicated that he ranks not appointing Justice Dotse as the Speaker of Parliament second to his appointment of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor as the worst decision he has ever taken.