Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has said that President does not need a response from Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, before forwarding the petitions seeking her removal to the Council of State.
According to him, President John Mahama's handling of the process is not a violation of the law, as some have claimed.
Speaking on JoyNews on Thursday, March 27, 2025, Kpebu explained that the procedure under Article 146(3) of the 1992 Constitution involves two distinct stages.
First, the President, in consultation with the Council of State, must determine whether there is enough basis to establish a tribunal or committee. "In order to make that prima facie determination, you don't always need the response of the Chief Justice or any other justice of the superior courts," he stated.
