Renowned US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has called out the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) following the release of its official resolution demanding that President John Dramani Mahama revokes the suspension of Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
In a statement shared on social media on April 29, 2025, Kwaku Asare refuted the assertion of the GBA that President John Dramani Mahama's suspension of the Chief Justice was unconstitutional.
He asserted that the association's claims that President Mahama erred in his decision to suspend Justice Torkornoo were unfounded because there is no laid down procedure for the president to carry out the powers given for the suspension.
He said that the suspension of Justice Torkornoo by President Mahama is constitutional, adding that the GBA's statement is prejudicial. "The GBA claims that the Chief Justice's suspension is unconstitutional because no published regulation governs the President's discretion under Article 296(c). "The Chief Justice's suspension remains constitutional.
