The Minority in Parliament has described the petition for the removal of the Chief Justice (CJ), Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, as a serious setback to Ghana's democratic journey.
At a press conference in Parliament yesterday, the Legal Counsel for the Minority Caucus, John Darko, said the attempt to remove the CJ is part of a wider scheme to silence the judiciary and exert political control over the legal system.
He warned that the move threatens to repeat dark episodes in Ghana's history where the judiciary was attacked and manipulated for political gains.
Referring to past incidents, including the murder of three judges in 1982 under the PNDC regime, Mr Darko said what the country is witnessing today is an attempt to revive such dangerous precedents. "The NDC, which is an offshoot of the PNDC, seems to believe that Ghanaians have voted for them to control society, including the judiciary," he said.
