Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has fiercely condemned what he sees as unconstitutional efforts to shield Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from accountability following her suspension and the initiation of removal proceedings.
In a sharply worded opinion piece, Amidu criticized the argument that a superior court judge, such as the Chief Justice, should have the right to resign while a petition for their removal is pending.
He described such reasoning as "despotic and undemocratic," warning that it undermines both the rule of law and public confidence in the judiciary. "The arguments for the right to resign with regard to any pending petition is intended to ridicule the petitioners for exercising their constitutional right to petition for the removal of a superior court justice or to save the suspectedly guilty respondent at an inquiry," Amidu stated.
His comments come at a time of heightened national attention on Chief Justice Torkornoo, who has been suspended pending an inquiry into a petition seeking her removal from office.
