A former Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, has challenged the assertion that President exercised discretionary power in suspending the embattled Chief Justice, Gertude Torkornoo, amid the process of her proposed removal from office.
She rather argued that the action was a breach of the 1992 Constitution as it expressly requires the exercise of the provision to be executed in fairness - an aspect she believes President John Mahama side-stepped.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen, Asonaba Dapaah stated that it appears the president acted out of prejudice.
She consequently rejected claims that President Mahama had followed due process, insisting that his actions rather violated the constitutional provision. "I do not agree with anyone who says the president used due process to remove the Chief Justice.
