Legal practitioner Kwame Jantuah has raised critical constitutional concerns over suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo's decision to petition the Supreme Court instead of directing her case to President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking during an interview on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey, Jantuah questioned the legal path chosen by the suspended Chief Justice, insisting that under Ghana's Constitution, the president is vested with the authority to revoke a suspension-not the Supreme Court. "The petition she has put to the Supreme Court, was it the Supreme Court that suspended her?
Should that petition not have gone to the president?" Jantuah asked pointedly.
He cited Article 11 of the Constitution, which states: "The President may at any time revoke a suspension under this article." According to him, the article clearly suggests the power lies solely with the president. "The Constitution doesn't go ahead to define the may in that clause.
