The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that President John Mahama's nomination of seven Court of Appeal judges to the Supreme Court is a ploy to advance his third-term agenda.
Speaking at a news conference at the NPP Headquarters on Thursday, May 1, Afenyo-Markin cautioned that the move poses a significant threat to the independence of the judiciary and the balance of power.
He argued that this is not a routine judicial appointment, but rather a calculated and deliberate effort to stack the Supreme Court with loyalists in order to pave the way for President Mahama to secure a third term in office. "It is obvious that the bold attempt by the President to nominate, out of the blue, seven judges to the Supreme Court is the first major step in a well-rehearsed plan - a third-term agenda.
Everything the NDC is doing, and everything our President is doing, under the advice of the hawks within the NDC, is geared toward establishing a third-term agenda for his leadership," he said.
