The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has asked the General Legal Council to call to order, lawyers who criticise the judiciary unfairly.He said such criticism endanger the country's democratic efforts."The General Legal Council will be right in acting against lawyers who deliberately denigrate the Judiciary and thereby, endanger Ghana's democracy with a firm fist," he stated.Mr Dame said this in an address delivered at the swearing in ceremony of the new executive of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) in Accra on November 4.Mr Dame noted, "The situation where lawyers propound false constitutional theories on radio, misconduct themselves in court and in public but the General Legal Council fails to apply the relevant sanctions, contributes to the erosion of respect for the legal profession, destruction of the integrity of the Judiciary and most importantly, the deterioration of the constitutional order of the country."According to him, " In this country, no institution or individual has sovereignty.
In accordance with article 1 of the Constitution, sovereignty resides in the people of Ghana and the Constitution is the supreme law of Ghana.
That supreme law of Ghana has vested the Judiciary with final judicial power.
Every individual or institution, including the person who takes precedence over all in this country - the President - is subject to the courts' powers to interpret and apply the laws of Ghana without question."The Attorney-General further noted that, "This principle, observed in all civilised societies around the world, has nothing to do with the theories of independence of certain institutions and their procedures.