Legal practitioner Kwame Jantuah has called on suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to maintain fairness and avoid any form of internal retaliation should she be vindicated and reinstated into her role.
Speaking on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey, Jantuah emphasized the need for unity and impartiality within the judiciary, cautioning that unresolved tensions could undermine the institution's credibility. "I would want a situation if so happens that the Chief Justice is vindicated and she's found innocent, she can either decide 'I've had enough of this, I'm retiring'," he said. "If she doesn't decide that then she should make sure that if she's going to come back into the Supreme Court as Chief Justice, she has a clear mind of not vindicating any of her colleagues.
That is very important because you know what it would do-it would create challenges in the Supreme Court and in the judiciary." Jantuah noted that the Chief Justice, if reinstated, must demonstrate leadership by not allowing personal grievances to interfere with her duties. "I'm saying that if she's found to be innocent and she is reinstated as CJ, anything she feels her colleagues did to her during that process, she should live above it," he stressed. "As in payback-if you're not even trying to pay back-sideline some of the judges who were part and parcel of this, not put them on panels to say she should be a mother if it so happens that she is vindicated." He warned that any signs of internal division or perceived retribution could open the door for political influence to infiltrate the judiciary. "Otherwise, it would create challenges, and it would also allow the politicians to seep in.
We have three different arms of government-the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary-they need to be able to work to govern the country," Jantuah added.
