Deputy NDC General Secretary Mustapha Gbande has dismissed the opposition NPP's protest over the suspension of the Chief Justice, declaring that demonstrations cannot change what is clearly rooted in law.
Speaking on PM Express on Joy News on Monday, May 5, the Director of Operations at the Presidency insisted that while citizens, including the NPP, have every right to protest, no number of people on the streets can override constitutionally mandated processes. "At this point, the demonstrators drive their power from a Constitution-their right to demonstrate-and they've done so," he said. "The same Constitution requires that certain processes be followed in certain decisions.
I don't think that demonstrations have concentrated enough structures such that they could displace decisions that are being taken based on constitutionally provided guidelines." Mustapha Gbande said the ongoing legal and administrative steps taken by President John Mahama to suspend the Chief Justice were consistent with constitutional provisions.
He argued that anyone with concerns should allow those mechanisms to work rather than stir emotions in the streets. "We should respect that same Constitution and allow the processes to continue," he maintained.
