Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, who is the lawyer for the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has withdrawn his client's application to injunct President John Dramani Mahama from proceeding with ongoing processes on three petitions for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
Before withdrawing the case, Dame accused President Mahama of keeping the petitions requesting the removal of Justice Torkornoo for six whole weeks before informing the public or the Chief Justice.
According to GhanaWeb's George Ayisi, the former Attorney General said that it was unreasonable for the president to keep the petition to himself for "six whole weeks." He described the ongoing processes on the petitions as a charade to unconstitutionally remove Chief Justice Torkornoo.
Before withdrawing the injunction application, one of the five justices sitting on the case, Justice Yonny Kulendi, asked Dame to "show us anywhere in Article 146 where a timeline is set in the constitution for a provision of notice to a respondent" in a petition.
