Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah has said suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo should not receive 'special treatment' just because she's a woman, citing similar cases involving other women like Charlotte Osei.
Some persons including lawyer and women's rights advocate Gloria Ofori-Boadu has condemned the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, describing it as a politically motivated attack on judicial independence and a blatant act of gender discrimination.
In a recent interview with Asaase Radio, Ofori-Boadu argued that the petitions leading to the suspension of the Chief Justice are not only "frivolous" but also driven by a deep-rooted discomfort with a woman occupying such a powerful position. "I see the suspension as an attempt by the state to capture the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, which is guaranteed under our constitution," she said.
But commenting further in a panel discussion Channel One TV on Thursday, May 22, 205, According to her, just as other female public officers including former Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, former Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education, Loretta Lamptey and herself Nana Yaa when she served as Director of External Affairs' at the Public Utility Regulatory Authority were taken through the legal process, the same must apply to the embattled Chief Justice.
