Professor Sharif Khalid Mahmud, Economic Advisor to the Vice President, has taken a swipe at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) over what he describes as a lackluster and inconsistent position regarding the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.

His criticism follows the GBA's demand for the immediate reversal of the Chief Justice's suspension, which the association deems unconstitutional and without merit under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.

Speaking on Channel One TV's The Big Issue on Saturday, May 3, Prof Khalid expressed concern over the GBA's diminishing role in shaping Ghana's democratic and legal landscape.

According to him, the association once held immense moral and constitutional influence in national affairs. "It is quite disappointing and a bit appalling coming from the GBA… If you look at the struggles-our struggle for independence, our struggle for constitutional rule, our struggle for the rule of law, our struggle for democracy and the correction of law-three institutions, as we put it: UTAG or the universities, GBA was one of them and NUGS was one of them," he said. "To such an extent that people, fair-minded people, even thought that the GBA was a constitutional arm of government.