The Office of the Attorney General (AG) has mounted a strong defense of President John Mahama's decision to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, dismissing a legal challenge to the move as speculative, frivolous, and an abuse of the judicial process.
In an affidavit filed at the Supreme Court in opposition to an interlocutory injunction brought by the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), the AG urged the apex court to strike out portions of the application, describing them as unconstitutional and lacking probative value.
CenCES, a civil society group, is seeking to halt proceedings initiated by the President to investigate the Chief Justice, contending that the process violates the 1992 Constitution.
According to the group, the President's response to three separate petitions calling for Justice Torkornoo's removal did not follow proper constitutional procedures and undermines the principles of fairness, equality, and administrative justice.
